Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that the temporary shelters exposed occupants to hazardous fumes. Plaintiffs’ attorney Gerald Meunier …
The FBI and University of California have agreed to pay $100,000 and destroy computer files to settle a lawsuit stemming from a raid on the offices of two groups in Berkeley. Long Haul Inc. and East Bay Prisoner Support were …
The head of a company seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Idaho has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a lawsuit with a group of angry shareholders. Shareholders of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. sued company president Don Gillispie …
The Louisiana Supreme Court has struck down another attempt by the state’s property insurer of last resort to avoid paying more than $100 million for late adjustment of hurricane damage claims in 2005. The April 9 ruling reversed a state …
Sunoco, a petroleum and petrochemical manufacturing giant, will pay $2.2 million in Massachusetts to resolve a hazardous waste dispute. The company was alleged to have sought payment from a state fund for hazardous waste cleanup, while at the same time …
The Nevada Board of Examiners approved a $13.6 million settlement with the contractor of the first phase of the Carson City bypass, ending a legal dispute that officials said could have cost more than three times the agreement amount if …
About 35 current and former City of Ruston, La., firefighters are resting a little easier after the Board of Aldermen finally approved the transfer of funds for a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2001. The Ruston Daily Leader reports …
Fishermen who alleged that an Oregon company used its size to hold down the prices it paid for seafood have settled their suit and won’t get any damages or see the company broken up. The Eugene Register-Guard reported that Pacific …
A Longmont, Colo. woman has taken down several critical web postings to settle a libel lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by recycOil, a grease and oil recycling company. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, Jennifer Hronkin admitted in the settlement …
The American Civil Liberties Union has settled a lawsuit with a central Missouri school district whose Internet filtering software was blocking access to educational websites about gay, lesbian and transgender issues. The ACLU says the Camdenton R-III School District has …
