A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal trial that came after the university system made nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts …
Los Angeles will pay $38 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of two people who were electrocuted by a power line that fell into their backyard. The Department of Water and Power’s Board of Commissioners last month agreed …
The family of a handcuffed inmate who was shot and killed in 2014 by a prison guard trainee reached a $1.6 million settlement with Nevada prison officials, capping a nearly decadelong legal battle that raised questions about the use of …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Louisiana energy company has reached a tentative $3.1 million settlement with the federal government over a 2017 Gulf of Mexico oil leak. The agreement, called a consent decree, was filed in federal court in New …
Filming on the Western movie “Rust” could resume this week in Montana, the production company said Wednesday, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal with actor Alec Baldwin on the original production in New …
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A landlord has been ordered to pay $1.35 million for a fire that killed two people in Milwaukee in 2019, a newspaper reported. Will Sherard has shown a “reckless disregard” for the condition of his properties, Milwaukee …
A woman who was wrongfully arrested in 2020 for a Scottsdale hit-and-run has settled her lawsuit with the city for $200,000. Benjamin Taylor, an attorney for Yessenia Garcia, announced the settlement Thursday. Garcia had filed a federal lawsuit for civil …
A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River in Montana citing worries over climate change. State District Judge Michael Moses ruled that Montana officials failed to adequately consider …
A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay $500,000 to the owner and employees who sued over it six years ago. The Everett City …
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than two dozen people …
