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Chicago Aldermen Back $20M Settlement in Police ‘Code of Silence’ Case

A Chicago City Council committee has recommended paying a total of $20 million to families of two men who were killed when a drunken off-duty police detective slammed into their car nine years ago. The committee backed the settlement after …

Katrina, Rita Flood Settlement Letters Mailed Out in Louisiana

Letters are going out this week to residents and businesses in New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and the east bank of Jefferson Parish notifying them they could receive payments ranging from $1 to $463 for flood damage during Hurricanes Katrina …

Louisiana Katrina/ Rita Class Action Flood Settlement Process Revised

A previous version of the more than $20 million settlement proposed in 2008 in a class action suit over flooding in Louisiana stemming from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been revised. The new settlement now includes a claims process and …