LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
SettlementsRhode Island Settlements
- $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
- $7M Settlement In Exxon Mobil Environmental Class Action Lawsuit Receives Final Approval (May-31-12)
- $173M Settlement Reached in Chip Antitrust Suit (Jun-29-10)
- Station Night Club Fire Lawsuit Settled for $176 Million (Jan-14-10)
- Vitamin Price Fixing Suit Preliminary $25 Million Settlement Reached (Dec-14-09)
- Station Nightclub victims $21 million settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuits. (May-27-08)
- Night Club Fire Foam manufacturers to pay $30 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (May-16-08)
- Doctor Gets Probation Rheumatologist pays $50,000 settlement in narcotics lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
- Muddy Waters Bristol pays $75,000 fine in clean water violation settlement. (Mar-13-08)
- Nightclub Fire TV station WPRI-TV agrees to tentative $30 million settlement after blocking the exit during a fire that killed 100 people. (Feb-4-08)
- Bridge Painter Aetna Bridge Co. pays painter $5.5 million personal injury settlement after falling 55 feet onto concrete. (Jan-30-08)
- 9/11 Wrongful Death NBC producer's family awarded undisclosed settlement from American Airlines. (Nov-12-07)
- PolarGuard Fire Home Depot and Polar Industries Inc. pay $5 million settlement after soundproofing material caught on fire at a night club. (Nov-1-07)
- Luna Tech Inc. of Alabama et al. Proposed $13.5 million settlement in nightclub fire damage lawsuit pending court approval. (Sep-6-07)
- Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. Over $7 million settlement in insurance breach of ethics suit. (Aug-22-07)
- Wynne Physical Therapy Inc. $100,000 settlement resolves Medicare fraud charges. (Jul-4-07)
- Rhode Island, USA Former prison inmate forced to eat feces awarded $120,000. (Feb-21-07)
- Warwick, RI $600,000 wrongful conviction settlement awarded to a former police detective. (Aug-16-06)