Pennsylvania Settlements

• Pittsburgh Brewing Co. $1.75 million settlement in delinquent sewer bills. (Jun-11-07)
• Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Clean Water Act violation results in a $4.2 million settlement deal. (Jun-1-07)
• Crossroads Mall LP $157,200 in penalties over construction violations. (May-24-07)
• Ace Ltd. Fraud and deceptive trade practices charges settled with a $9 million payout. (May-15-07)
• Mohegan Sun Proposed $3.3 million settlement ends 5-year-old property assessment dispute. (May-7-07)
• Dr. Karen Cooper and Dr. Gazi Abdulhay Medical negligence and wrong diagnosis results in a $3 million settlement. (May-3-07)
• Pittsburgh Brewing $575,000 settles decade long legal battle over unpaid water bills. (Apr-30-07)
• Chaka Fattah $56,766 refunded in mayoral bid collection suit. (Apr-25-07)
• Edward G. Mawhinney Loan fraud civil lawsuit settled with $700,000 in restitution. (Apr-18-07)
• Allentown, PA Protesters get undisclosed settlement in civil rights violation lawsuit. (Apr-12-07)
• Pittsburgh, PA $85,000 settlement in police commander's federal whistleblower lawsuit. (Apr-9-07)
• United National Insurance Co. and Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co. Board accepts $55,000 settlement from the two insurance companies for a federal lawsuit involving DNA testing. (Feb-8-07)
• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport $1 million settlement for terminal construction delays. (Jan-23-07)
• Philadelphia, PA $180,000 false arrest settlement. (Jan-5-07)
• North Sewickley and Franklin, PA $60,000 settlement awarded to a high school student who was arrested for posting violent rap lyrics online. (Jan-3-07)
• Mark and Annette Sheely $300,000 wrongful death settlement after a 4-year-old drowned in a swimming pool. (Dec-29-06)
• Reading, PA and James Palange Tentative $1.75 million settlement after an undercover police officer was mistakenly shot and killed by another officer. (Nov-27-06)
• City of Pittsburgh, PA $250,000 paid after a woman died when her car hit a patch of ice. (Oct-4-06)
• Dunham's Sports $300,000 settlement for selling a shotgun later used to kill the purchasers grandfather. (Sep-21-06)
• Wilson Borough Police Department $950,000 out of court settlement awarded to a police brutality victim. (Aug-14-06)
• Tenet HealthSystem Hahnemann, LLC Undisclosed settlement awarded after a Caesarean section left the mother in a vegetative state. (May-9-06)
• York County, PA $16 million settlement for inflating INS detainee claims. (Apr-28-06)
• City of Wilkes-Barre $35,000 awarded to a Fire Chief who was allegedly demoted for political reasons. (Apr-24-06)
• PPL Corp. $125 million to be spent on reducing thermal water pollution. (Mar-30-06)
• City of Philadelphia, Tabor Children's Services and Defender Association of Philadelphia $5.35 million awarded to a young girl who contracted HIV after being physically assaulted by her city approved caregiver. (Mar-29-06)
• Uniwest, J.T. Riley Inc. and Strober Haddonfield Group $17.5 million settlement after two workers fell down an elevator shaft, killing one and leaving the other with brain damage. (Feb-20-06)
• City of Pittsburgh Jury awarded $3.7 million after a women was killed while trying to cross the street using a city crosswalk. (Feb-9-06)
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation $500,000 settlement awarded to a whistleblower claiming consultants over billed the department in exchange for expensive sports outings. (Jan-24-06)
• Pfizer Inc. $4 million settlement over misleading statements (May-2-05)
• Kerr-McGee Corp. Twenty-nine settlements have been reached in several lawsui.. (Nov-12-03)