A Las Vegas police money committee has approved a $100,000 settlement for a man who says he was attacked and beaten in his driveway as he videotaped police in his neighborhood. The department’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs signed off Monday …
Radio audience ratings company Arbitron Inc. says it is paying $400,000 to settle a case in California in which it was accused of under-representing black and Hispanic listeners in its surveys in the state’s largest cities. Lawyers for the state …
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has announced a $540,000 settlement with American Suzuki Motor Corp. that resolves allegations that Chad Franklin Suzuki, a former Suzuki dealer operating in the Kansas City area, used deceptive advertisements. The settlement will provide restitution …
Hawaii will pay $15.4 million to settle a lawsuit involving two hikers who fell to their deaths on Kauai in 2006. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday the out-of-court settlement is subject to approval by the state Legislature. Honolulu attorney Mark …
A black Santa Monica Airport security guard who claims the city denied him a promotion because of his race and age has settled the case for $200,000. The Santa Monica Daily Press reported 56-year-old Vonnell Adams also agreed to leave …
A judge approved a settlement Friday to give owners of Honda Civic hybrids up to $200 each over claims that the fuel economy of the cars was inflated, casting aside arguments that a motorist’s victory in small claims court entitled …
Westwood College has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Colorado filed alleging the school misled prospective students about its costs and how successful alumni are in finding jobs in their fields of study. The …
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and two of its subcontractors have agreed to pay $29.5 million to settle lawsuits over fires in national forests in Trinity County and El Dorado County. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento confirmed the settlement …
Orange County supervisors have approved a proposed $362,000 settlement for an improperly fired ex-assistant sheriff. City News Service says supervisors approved the deal with George Jaramillo on Tuesday. A California appeals court ruled in November that Jaramillo was entitled to …
Attorney Christopher Asvar believes he has secured the highest known workers’ compensation insurance settlement in California history, totaling $8.9 million on behalf of a Antonio Enriquez, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2004 at the age of 18 after …
