A central Pennsylvania school district has paid more than a half-million dollars to settle a student’s lawsuit involving a teacher acquitted of sexually assaulting her in 2006. Susquehanna Township School District’s insurance will cover the $600,000 payment for the student’s …
About 600 victims of a flood caused by the failure of a century-old irrigation canal in Fernley, Nev. in 2008 have received their share of a $10 million settlement. The settlement funds distributed last month stemmed from class-action lawsuits against …
The family of a British commodities trader who died while partying in Las Vegas will accept $350,000 to end a federal lawsuit stemming from the disappearance of the man’s internal organs after an autopsy and before his body was returned …
The city of New Orleans has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that accused police of ignoring a woman’s complaint that her ex-husband threatened her two weeks before he killed her and a friend, a spokesman for …
A lawsuit brought by the parents of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant in Massachusetts who committed suicide after relentless bullying, was settled for $225,000, according to documents made public Tuesday. The settlement with the town of South Hadley and …
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced on Tuesday that her office, along with the attorney general offfices, reached a $553 million settlement with manufacturers for allegedly engaging in price fixing of flat screen LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panels found …
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. will pay $1.3 million to three states to settle an investigation into manipulative trading of auction rate securities facilitated by employees at one of the company’s subsidiaries, the New York attorney general’s office …
Erie County will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who suffered brain damage after she nearly drowned in a public pool two years ago. The Buffalo News reported on Wednesday that the payment will settle …
Two San Diego County hospitals will pay about $375,000 to settle lawsuits claiming they illegally dumped blood, needles and other medical waste in a landfill. The San Diego County district attorney’s office on Wednesday announced settlements with Scripps Health and …
San Mateo has agreed to pay $55,000 to the family of a 7-year-old special education student who was hit with pepper spray by a police officer. The city reached the settlement in the federal lawsuit filed by the boy’s family …
