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$180M Penalty For Toyota In Clean Air Act Violations

Categories: Verdicts
The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. The lawsuit…

Family Of A Deceased Maryland Football Player Gets $3.5M

Categories: Settlements
The University of Maryland has agreed to pay a settlement of $3.5 million to the parents of a football player who died of heatstroke following a workout in 2018. The settlement was announced in a meeting agenda released by the Maryland Board of…

2018 Woolsey Fire Insurance Claims Settle For $2.2B

Categories: Verdicts
Southern California Edison, the largest subsidiary of Edison International and the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California, reached a settlement worth $2.2 billion to resolve insurance claims linked to the 2018 Woolsey…

$205M Birth Injury Verdict Overturned

Categories: General
A $205 million birth injury lawsuit verdict, which is considered to be one of the largest medical malpractice awards in U.S. history was overturned by the Maryland Court of Appeals in the first week of February. The lawsuit was brought by a woman…

Scandies Rose Crab Boat Sinking Disaster Settled For $9M

Categories: Settlements
Last month, a settlement agreement of more than $9 million was reached between the owners of Scandies Rose Fishing Company LLC and two surviving members and the families of four men who died when the company's vessel went down on its route to start…

Tobacco Companies Settle Montana's Lawsuit For $100M

Categories: Settlements
In November, Montana's Attorney General Tim Fox announced that the state's Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement agreement worth $100 million with tobacco companies for wrongfully withholding $3 - $4.5 million from 2006 through the…

Wrongful Pregnancy Lawsuit Results In $10M Settlement

Categories: Settlements
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik awarded $10 million as a settlement to the family of a severely disabled child who was born after a nurse at the Neighbourcare Health Clinic in Seattle gave a flu shot instead of a birth-control injection. According…

Lead Paint Violations Result In $20M Fine

Categories: Verdicts
On December 17, a press release was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announcing a proposed nationwide settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. to resolve violations of the EPA’s Lead Renovation,…

PFAS Contamination Results In $17.5M Settlement With Tyco

Categories: Settlements
Tyco Fire Products, a major manufacturer of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), and two other companies agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS contamination in the Peshtigo and…

Boeing 737 MAX Crash Results In $244M Penalty

Categories: Verdicts
In January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the aircraft maker Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve a federal charge of “criminal misconduct” over the collisions in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people. The…
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