Ohio Settlements

• Employee Reassignment Chillicothe City Schools pays former director of personnel $30,000 settlement. (Nov-15-07)
• Construction Mud Dixon Builders pays $80,000 EPA fine. (Nov-14-07)
• Recycling Pollution Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. pays $1.3 million settlement for Clean Air Act violations. (Nov-12-07)
• Asbestos Mesothelioma Dana Corp. pays $2 million in asbestos personal injury claims. (Oct-30-07)
• Overtime Records City of Akron must pay two employees $1.7 million for destroying public records that proved unpaid overtime. (Oct-17-07)
• Wastewater Spills Dannon Co. pays $71,000 in penalties for environmental damages. (Oct-10-07)
• Demolition Pollution Warren Fabricating Corp. pays EPA fine. (Oct-8-07)
• Dry Cleaning Contamination Couple pays EPA fine for groundwater contaminaiton. (Sep-26-07)
• Bostwick Design Group $250,000 settlement in lawsuit over excess construction costs. (Sep-24-07)
• Mall Lease Dispute Mahoning County pays $1 million over next four years. (Sep-22-07)
• Wayne County, OH $700,000 settlement in wrongful death civil lawsuit. (Sep-10-07)
• Kent, OH $65,000 settlement in wrongful arrest civil lawsuit. (Aug-31-07)
• Larry Nighswander $10,000 payout in breach of settlement and fraudulent misrepresentation suit. (Aug-28-07)
• Columbus Steel Castings $75,000 fine in environmental pollution lawsuit. (Aug-25-07)
• U-Store-It Trust $121 million settlement reached in store management dispute. (Aug-8-07)
• Dr. Lathardus Goggins $30,000 settlement in misappropriated funds lawsuit. (Aug-4-07)
• Hamilton County, OH $6 million settlement in coroner's malpractice, civil lawsuit. (Jul-18-07)
• V Group $765,846 payout in construction breach of contract lawsuit. (Jul-14-07)
• Clark & Post Architects $1 million settlement in construction breach of contract lawsuit. (Jul-7-07)
• Perry Township, OH Police shootout related lawsuit ends in a $100,000 settlement. (Jun-7-07)
• Cleveland, OH Over $500,000 paid in wage hour federal suit. (Jun-5-07)
• Delaware County, OH $100,000 settlement in inmate abuse and medical negligence suit. (May-29-07)
• Peter Forster, Caroline Mulhenkamp, Stephen Koziar Jr. $25 million payout to drop $134 million suit against company. (May-22-07)
• Huber Heights City, OH $128,000 settlement in land parcel dispute. (May-18-07)
• University of Toronto $2,050,000 in damages and medical bills resolves personal injury lawsuit. (May-18-07)
• Jeffrey Stone $45,000 settlement in tree removal contract breach. (May-18-07)
• Hartville, OH Developer receives $850,000 compensation for building delays. (May-7-07)
• Fairfield, OH Couple gets $25,000 in racial profiling and discrimination lawsuit. (May-7-07)
• Paul Hashman Man agrees to pay $20.5 million in compensation for shooting neighbor. (Apr-17-07)
• Columbus, OH $192,000 settlement awarded to gang member for wrongful conviction. (Apr-13-07)
• Dayton, OH Administrator wins $93,530 settlement in wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit. (Apr-11-07)
• Sheriff Al Myers, Delaware County, OH Woman gets $150,000 pregnancy discrimination settlement. (Apr-9-07)
• Athens, OH $1 million paid to drop zoning and construction code requirements. (Apr-6-07)
• Butler County, OH $206,000 out-of-court settlement after a 3-year-old died in foster care. (Mar-7-07)
• Paramount Financial Group, Inc. et al. Families of fire victims get $555,000 each. (Mar-7-07)
• Columbus, OH and Mayor Art Westergaard Jr. $30,000 settlement for defamation of character. (Feb-15-07)
• Cleveland, OH White police officer awarded $800,000 in discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
• Troy, OH Clerk receives settlement in false claims lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
• Cognis Corp. $290,000 fine for air pollution violations. (Jan-16-07)
• Zurich American Insurance Co. $7 million for its role in a market allocation scheme. (Oct-25-06)
• City of Sharonville, OH $1.5 million settlement for mishandling a murder case. (Oct-2-06)
• Commissioner Bill Memory $195,000 settlement paid to an employee who was suspended. (Sep-21-06)
• City of Columbus, OH $100,000 for not following protocol that left a woman dead after a heart attack. (Sep-21-06)
• University Hospitals of Cleveland $14 million whistleblower settlement for referral financial inducements. (Aug-22-06)
• Ohio State University Medical Center Undisclosed medical malpractice settlement awarded after a 24 year old woman was left with brain damage. (Aug-6-06)
• Everhart Trucking LLC and R&T Trucking $1 million settlement awarded after a woman was killed after a trucker lost consciousness and caused a car crash. (May-25-06)
• Delaware County Female deputy receives $150, 000 in a wrongful dismissal gender discrimination settlement. (Apr-23-06)
• AK Steel Corp. $1.2 million in fines and $10 million worth of clean up projects to remove PCB contamination. (Apr-6-06)
• City of Cincinnati $6.5 million settlement after a man died while in police custody. (Mar-22-06)
• City of Cleveland $650,000 settlement awarded to African American firefighters alleging a promotion test was racially unfair. (Mar-20-06)