LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
SettlementsWisconsin Settlements
- $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
- $82M Pension Settlement Reached (Sep-17-14)
- Joshua Wahl v. Aurora Residential Alternatives et al. Verdict for Plaintiff for US$3,546,778 (Sep-5-14)
- Wisconsin Nurses Win $3.5M Settlement in Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement (Jul-30-13)
- New Car Class Action Settlements with Toyota and CADA (Jan-10-11)
- $173M Settlement Reached in Chip Antitrust Suit (Jun-29-10)
- Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000 (Dec-14-09)
- Vitamin Price Fixing Suit Preliminary $25 Million Settlement Reached (Dec-14-09)
- Ellsworth School District 4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement. (May-28-08)
- Gas Explosion Propane companies to pay $21 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (May-19-08)
- Hispanic Workers Construction company to pay $19,000 settlement in employment lawsuit. (May-14-08)
- Disposal Violations Waste recycler to pay $150,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit. (May-11-08)
- Police Brutality Milwaukee to pay $20,000 settlement in beating lawsuit. (May-8-08)
- Coal Power Pollution Electric company to pay $285,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit. (May-4-08)
- Bike Rider Coverage Acuity Insurance to pay $500,000 settlement in bicycle accident lawsuit. (Apr-14-08)
- Water Pollution Violations Contractor to pay $100,000 settlement in construction lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
- Anti Gay Violence City to pay undisclosed settlement in harassment lawsuit. (Mar-25-08)
- Drug House Shut Down Homeowner to pay $25,000 settlement in tenant druglord lawsuit. (Mar-25-08)
- Ethanol Plant Century Foods to pay $2.5 million settlement in property lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
- Ozone Depletion Kerry to pay $980,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
- Housing Buyer Discrimination White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit. (Mar-4-08)
- Construction Contact Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Endowment Fund Insurance company Chubb Group pays $750,000 settlement after falsifying financial reports at the Milwaukee Public Museum. (Jan-28-08)
- Employee Gender Discrimination Former Water Works employee awarded $67,000 gender bias settlement. (Jan-10-08)
- Chip Seal Residents awarded $200,000 for damage sustained to vehicles during road construction. (Jan-9-08)
- Target Discrimination Target Corp. has agreed to pay $510,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit that claims the company discriminated against four management applicants on the basis of their color. (Dec-12-07)
- Paint Plant Explosion PPG Industries awards employee $900,000 burn injury settlement. (Nov-30-07)
- Police Chief Termination Manitowoc pays former city employee $80,000 settlement after being fired. (Nov-24-07)
- Petroleum Storage US Oil Company, Inc. agrees to pay $450,000 settlement for emission violations. (Nov-20-07)
- Wal-Mart Scales Wal-Mart pays state of Wisconsin $90,000 fine for overcharging for weighed products. (Nov-10-07)
- School Employee Discrimination Linda Martin awarded $55,000 settlement for alleging bus bid rigging. (Oct-31-07)
- Police Chief Gender Harassment Ypsilanti Police Department pays gender bias settlement. (Oct-26-07)
- Construction Loan Developer must pay $150,000 settlement to city of Oshkosh. (Oct-14-07)
- Power Plant Pollution We Energies pays $3.1 million fine and $600 million on improvements. (Oct-3-07)
- Mequon Property Tax City pays $510,000 to land owners. (Oct-1-07)
- J.M. Brennan Inc. and Rexnord Corp. $45,600 fine in propane leak explosion suit. (Sep-24-07)
- Robert Perlick, and Toney and Patricia Russell $50,000 settlement in housing discrimination lawsuit pending court approval. (Sep-24-07)
- Wayne Trucking Company $248,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Sep-15-07)
- Brown County, WI $75,000 settlement in air pollution lawsuit. (Sep-3-07)
- Edgerton Fire Protection District $700,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Aug-25-07)
- Racine, WI Close to $600,000 payout in Medicare breach of contract suit. (Aug-20-07)
- Milwaukee, WI Close to $30,000 payout in retaliation lawsuit. (Aug-17-07)
- Hartford Accident and Indemnity $4 million settlement in groundwater contamination insurance lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
- Victoria Biks and Marjorie Venturella Over $200,000 payout to resolve mail fraud and Social Security fraud charges. (Aug-10-07)
- Westra Construction $55,000 settlement in financial mismanagement lawsuit. (Aug-10-07)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America Multimillion dollar settlement in wrongful deaths lawsuit. (Aug-8-07)
- Milton, WI Over $35,000 payout in state Open Meetings Law violation suit. (Jul-30-07)
- Milwaukee, WI $2.65 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit. (Jul-24-07)
- Watertown Tire Recyclers, Inc. $320,000 payout in fire damage lawsuit. (Jul-23-07)
- Sunny Industries $800,000 settlement in employment back wages lawsuit. (Jul-20-07)