Settlements

A man from the Bronx will be paid $11M by the New York City (NYC) for the wrongful conviction of murdering his mother, for which he had to spend 19 years behind the bar. New York Police Department (NYPD) used pressure tactics on the man that led him…

Airbnb paid a female tourist $7M for maintaining silence on the settlement of a rape case that happened at the New York property in 2016. In return for the payout, the woman agreed on not suing the company or implies responsibility or liability on…

The family of a man who was shot by police in Louisiana has agreed to receive a $4.5 million settlement after five years of his death. The deceased man was a 37-year-old father of five who got killed on July 5, 2016, outside a convenience store by…

A federal jury has settled a lawsuit with a $2.2 million settlement in favor of a jogger who was struck and killed in the crosswalk of a Silverdale intersection in 2017. The 50-year-old victim was a Central Kitsap School District teacher. The…

Iowa will pay $5.7 million to settle eight separate discrimination and negligence claims at its public universities. The settlements will include a $3.5 million compensation to a couple who sued UI Hospitals and Clinics doctors for medical…

The family of a Holyoke woman who died in a crosswalk in 2017 after getting hit by a driver has been awarded $7M in a wrongful death suit. In addition to this amount, the compounded interest will also be added, which makes the settlement amount to…

A Glastonbury-based private surgical practice performed a regular knee replacement operation on a patient who later passed away, and a jury has now awarded his wife and estate $8.5 million. An architect from Wethersfield passed just weeks after…

A jury in Macomb County has awarded almost $10 million to the estate of a 41-year-old woman who passed away after a doctor at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township failed to adequately treat her surgical wound infection. After more than two…

A civil lawsuit brought by the family of a homeless man fatally shot by an Orange County Sheriff's Department officer in San Clemente in 2020 has been settled for $7.5 million by the county. The guy was killed on September 23, 2020, after a conflict…

A now-18-year-old lady who was hurt when she was hit by a car in East Brunswick almost five years ago has reached a $2 million settlement with the driver and the owner of the vehicle, according to her attorney. According to one of her attorneys, the…