North Carolina Settlements

• $13.5 Preliminary Settlement Approved in Room To Go Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit (Aug-7-17)
• $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
• $9M Settlement Reached in Wonder Bread Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit (Dec-12-16)
• $7.8 Billion Settlement Approved In BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Class Action Lawsuit (Dec-24-12)
• Carfax Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached (Oct-2-12)
• Woman Awarded $450K in Wrongful Termination Suit Against Goodyear (Apr-7-11)
• Advance America Agrees $18.75 million Settlement (Sep-22-10)
• $173M Settlement Reached in Chip Antitrust Suit (Jun-29-10)
• Vitamin Price Fixing Suit Preliminary $25 Million Settlement Reached (Dec-14-09)
• Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement (Nov-3-09)
• EQ Industries Settles Apex Explosion Class Action for $7.85 Million (Oct-7-09)
• Courthouse Leak Architect to pay $100,000 settlement in construction lawsuit. (May-13-08)
• Medicaid Fraud Dental clinic chain to pay $10 million settlement in insurance lawsuit. (Apr-11-08)
• University Policies Revised NC A&T State to pay $55,000 settlement in harassment lawsuit. (Apr-2-08)
• Free Water Sewer Services US Cold Storage to pay $125,910 in sewer service settlement. (Mar-8-08)
• Steelworker's Death Prost Builders Inc. and Pro Building Solutions Inc. agree to $335,000 settlement after employee falls to his death. (Feb-28-08)
• Landfill Eminent Domain Surry County pays $800,000 settlement to purchase farm land for town dump. (Feb-26-08)
• Soccer Coach University of North Carolina awards soccer player $385,000 settlement for gender harassment. (Jan-15-08)
• Ambulance Service Duplin County pays Johnston Ambulance Service, Inc. $25,000 settlement for breach of contract. (Jan-12-08)
• Inmate Manslaughter Family of Carlos-Claros Castro awarded undisclosed settlement after he was killed by two guards. (Jan-10-08)
• School Fire School board accepts $17 million insurance settlement from Guilford County. (Dec-6-07)
• Illegal Tree Cutting Newton city pays property owner $40,000 for cutting down trees. (Nov-18-07)
• Sanitation Overtime Raleigh agreed to pay city workers $60,000 settlement. (Nov-17-07)
• Tractor Collision Raleigh pays injured woman $575,000 settlement after a vehicle accident. (Oct-29-07)
• Salon Discrimination SmartStyle Family Hair Salon pays employee $20,000 for religious discrimination. (Oct-21-07)
• Waste Site Explosion Environmental Quality pays $550,000 fine to the North Carolina Division of Waste Management. (Oct-16-07)
• Gender Harassment Smithfield Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q employee awarded $1.15 million settlement. (Oct-6-07)
• Airport Sludge Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission pays $75,000 fine for dumping sludge into a swamp. (Oct-1-07)
• Lumberton, NC $165,823 settlement in racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Aug-21-07)
• Robeson, NC Over $165,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
• Mike Peterson $25 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-6-07)
• Hall Financial Services Over $150,000 settlement in predatory lending lawsuit. (Aug-4-07)
• CBM Environmental Services $350,434 settlement in inflated bid lawsuit. (Aug-2-07)
• Jackson Hewitt $148,261 fine for dubious pre-file loan practices. (Jul-14-07)
• Mooresville, NC $38,000 settlement in property damage lawsuit. (Jul-8-07)
• East Carolina University $207,235 settlement reached in provost wage dispute. (Jul-2-07)
• Durham, NC $375,000 settlement in police car pursuit related accident. (May-15-07)
• Lumberton, NC $425,000 settlement for construction breach of contract. (Apr-2-07)
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services $6.2 million paid in healthcare technology lawsuit. (Apr-2-07)
• North Carolina, USA $10.5 million for billing system breach of contract. (Mar-29-07)
• Smithfield Foods $50 million settlement over 25 years to improve hog waste pollution. (Mar-15-07)
• Pembroke, NC $200,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a teenager pursued by the police for traffic violation. (Mar-6-07)
• Davie County, NC $975,000 settlement after deputy crashes into a car causing death and injuries. (Feb-25-07)
• Winston-Salem, NC Man wrongly convicted, spends 18 years in prison, and gets $358,545 restitution and $1.6 million as compensation. (Feb-25-07)
• Movie Gallery Inc., Empire Equity Group, and Home Finance Mortgage Inc. $65,000 fine for illegal disposing of personal customer information. (Feb-16-07)
• City of Rocky Mount, NC $3 million settlement after a house fire killed seven people. (May-25-06)
• Avery County High School $5,100 settlement reached in physical assault case. (May-1-06)
• Amir Hussein $2.6 million whistleblower settlement for over billing Medicare. (Feb-27-06)
• Pillowtex $13.5 million settlement awarded to former employees who suddenly lost their jobs after the company went bankrupt and closed its doors. (Feb-16-06)
• Teledyne Continental Motors, Vibratech Inc., Stevens Aviation, and RAM Aircraft $26 million wrongful death settlement after a husband and wife were killed in a plane crash when their Cessna's engine failed. (Jan-10-06)