Officials in Montana have finalized a $1.6 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over an oil pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of crude into the scenic Yellowstone River. The agreement between the Texas-based company and the state’s Department of Environmental …
The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the estate of a murdered Eugene teenager. The settlement will resolve a lawsuit alleging that negligence by state child protection workers led to Jeanette Maples’ starvation, torture and beating …
News sources are reporting that five states that were given a deadline to oppose a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and owners of its cars over fuel efficiency will not do so. The states are California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Texas …
Thousands of newspaper carriers have settled their class-action lawsuit against the Orange County Register for a total of $30 million. The carriers alleged that the Southern California newspaper’s parent company classified them as independent contractors and not employees, denying them …
A Nebraska insurance company has filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana to recover $16 million that was used primarily to cover a sweeping financial settlement of asbestos-related claims from residents of the Superfund town of Libby. The lawsuit …
Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort is offering nearly $103 million to settle disputes over its handling of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita more than six years ago. The governing board of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted …
A judge on Tuesday granted California and four other states more time to consider objecting to a class-action settlement between Honda Motor Co. and car owners over inflated fuel-efficiency claims about the automaker’s hybrid vehicles. The states’ sudden interest in …
Two Legislative committees will begin looking into a proposed $200 million real estate deal that will settle the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ceded lands claims with the state. In November, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and OHA announced they had reached a …
New Hampshire insurance officials are announcing a $17 million settlement reached by seven states and Prudential Insurance over the company’s use of the federal government’s master death files. New Hampshire was one of seven lead states that investigated Prudential’s use …
Idaho is getting $625,000 in the settlement of a lawsuit with a prescription drug maker accused of selling products at false or inflated prices. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced the resolution Monday with Mylan Laboratories Inc. and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. …
