A civil settlement in the 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay with the owners and operators of the M/V Cosco Busan was announced on Monday. The settlement resolves all natural resource damages, penalties and response costs that resulted from …
DuPont says 3,500 people are enrolled in a medical monitoring program for West Virginia residents who believe exposure from a former zinc-smelting plant increases their risk of illness. Plaintiffs near the Spelter plant won a class-action lawsuit in 2007. The …
A dispute over insurance payments is threatening to blow up the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s bankruptcy reorganization plan. Under the plan, the diocese, its parishes and affiliated entities, would be released from legal claims related to priest sex abuse in …
Knott’s Berry Farm has reached a confidential settlement with a 12-year-old boy who was injured on its Xcelerator roller coaster when a cable broke and ripped into his leg. The Los Angeles Times reported that Kyle Wheeler of Weaverville and …
A nine-year legal fight by a man sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s is over, now that a southern Illinois diocese and its insurer have handed over $6.3 million to resolve a jury award in the man’s favor. …
UK insurance broker Willis Limited, a subsidiary of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it has reached a settlement with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for breaches of the FSA Handbook. Willis explained that the findings principally concern the way it …
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed significant and systemic violations of the federal …
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has given final approval to a $10.5 million class action settlement involving Aon Insurance Services Inc., according to the plaintiff’s’ attorney. The plaintiffs alleged that California Account Specialists, whose work involves assisting account managers …
Rolls-Royce and Qantas have reached a settlement over an Airbus A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with 469 people on board to make an emergency landing and grounded much of the airline’s fleet. Qantas said the out-of-court …
Hundreds of Florida homeowners suffering with tainted Chinese drywall will share $55 million in a deal that also accuses a global drywall maker of lying about the product’s safety, according to court documents. The settlement will be funded by Banner …
