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Termination Lawsuit in Washington County Settles for $1.4M

The Clark County Council in Washington has agreed to pay Don Benton and two other former county employees $1.4 million less than four months after a jury awarded the trio $693,998 in a wrongful termination lawsuit. The county announced Wednesday …

Settlement Sets Up Panel for Hawaii Prisons During Pandemic

A U.S. judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a lawsuit by Hawaii inmates who allege state officials mishandled the pandemic and failed to protect them from COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons and jails. In a ruling last week, …

Washington Juvenile Facility Sex Abuse Suit Settled for $2.1M

The state of Washington has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by 10 people who said they were sexually abused at a juvenile rehabilitation facility when they were teenagers. One of the plaintiffs lives in Pierce County, which is where …

Drugmaker Endo Settles Opioid Claims by New York, Counties for $50M

Drugmaker Endo International Plc on Thursday said it has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve lawsuits by New York state and two of its largest counties related to the sale and marketing of opioids. Endo said the settlement includes …

$3M Deal Reached in Rough Arrest of Colorado Woman With Dementia

A Colorado city has agreed to pay $3 million to a woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year after being suspected of shoplifting, money which her family said will pay for the around-the-clock care she has …

$6M Settlement in Washington for Child Abused by Bowling Coach

Attorneys say they have reached a $6 million settlement over the sexual abuse of a child by his Seattle, Wash.-area bowling instructor. The boy was abused from 2012 to 2017, beginning when he was 12. The coach, Ty Treddenbarger, is …

California Healthcare Provider Agrees to $90M Fraud Settlement

A major California-based medical provider has agreed to pay a total of $90 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, officials said Monday. Sacramento-based Sutter Health, northern California’s largest hospital system, got inflated payments because it said people in its …

Insurers Settle Washington Boys Home Sex Abuse Case for $9M

Insurance companies have settled another sexual abuse lawsuit brought against Kiwanis International, this time for $9 million in a case involving seven men who were sexually abused at a Centralia, Washington, group home for boys decades ago. The state placed …

Former Iowa Anchor Wants Age Bias Lawsuit to Change TV News

As a prominent reporter and anchor at one of Iowa’s biggest local television stations, Sonya Heitshusen was known for doggedly investigating injustices and holding the powerful accountable. A year after WHO-TV in Des Moines abruptly let her go, she is …

Illinois County Settles with Nurse Over COVID Request

A southern Illinois county agreed to pay a nurse $35,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was fired for refusing to tell local law enforcement which residents had tested positive for the coronavirus. The payment to nurse Diane Kuhl is …