Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and the judges’ own hand-picked authorities benefit financially by …
The Republican-controlled Washington state Senate passed three contentious measures intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation rules. Senate Bill 5128 would overhaul the “compromise-and-release” settlement agreement system for injured workers first approved by the Legislature in 2011. Both …
The former CEO of Lake Chelan Community Hospital has won $350,000 in arbitration over a defamation lawsuit. The Wenatchee World reports an arbitration ruling has ended the legal battle over the hospital’s decision to fire David Bernier less than two …
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has finalized a $20 million settlement related to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wrapping up one of two remaining storm-related settlements that have weighed on the company. Orleans Parish Civil District Judge Kern …
A former Utah high school student has received $100,000 in a settlement related to his claims that he was racially abused by fellow students that included members of white supremacist group. Anthony Armstrong, a biracial student who went to Alta …
Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more than $1 billion through the company’s class action settlement with a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys, court-supervised claims administrator Patrick …
The Colorado State Patrol has agreed to pay more than $1 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed when he refused to allow troopers into his Mesa County home without a warrant. Mark Silverstein, director …
A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an Arizona man who died in 2009 after a southern Utah police officer shocked him with a Taser, lawyers for both sides said. The parties …
A South Dakota cheese making company has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a sex discrimination charge. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Milbank-based Valley Queen Cheese Factory has agreed to pay the settlement to two female applicants rejected …
A jury ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District must pay a boy molested by an elementary school teacher $6.9 million – among the largest awards in the history of the school system. The decision on Tuesday comes as …
