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Columbia Gas To Pay $56M Over Gas Explosions In MA

Categories: Settlements
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved a $56 million settlement that Columbia Gas of Massachusetts and its parent, NiSource, had agreed in July to pay over a series of explosions and fires in the state in 2018. The…

Oregon Inmate's Flu Death Results In $2.75M Settlement

Categories: Settlements
The family of an inmate who died from the flu at the Oregon State Penitentiary reached a record $2.75 million settlement with the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), and its Director Colette Peters publicly apologized to the family. According…

Contamination Lawsuit Against PPG Industries Settled For $5M

Categories: Settlements
Jersey City property owners will receive $5 million from PPG Industries as per the terms of a proposed agreement over a class action filed against the company claiming that waste from a former chromium plant presented health risks and lowered…

Family Of A Grandmother Killed By Falling Tree To Get $28M

Categories: Settlements
Whittier, the city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, has reached a tentative $28 million settlement deal with the family members of a 61-year-old San Pedro grandmother killed by a large falling tree at her daughter’s wedding party in…

Family Of Man Killed By Police Chokehold Receives $7.3M

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A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed after police used a chokehold has been settled after the city of Pittsburg to pay $7.3 million in a settlement. According to the lawsuit filed, the incident happened when the victim was on the…

A Patrol Vehicle Crash That Killed Two Boys Settled For $5M

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On September 15, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors consented to a $5 million settlement over a 2017 lawsuit involving a patrol vehicle that killed two boys, 7 and 9 years old, on a sidewalk. According to a charge evaluation worksheet…

$9.38M Settlement For Brain Injury Endured Under Anesthesia

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The family of a teenager who endured a brain injury while under anesthesia for a knee operation and an anesthesiologist reached a $9.38 million settlement over a medical malpractice case filed by the family. According to the lawsuit filed, on…

Fraser Sinkhole Case Settled For $12.5M

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On September 29, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner announced that the county reached a $12.5 million settlement with an insurer over a lawsuit involving a massive sinkhole in Fraser that displaced several families on Christmas Eve in 2016.…

$7.5M Settlement For Autistic Boy Killed In Golf Cart Crash

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A lawsuit involving an autistic boy killed in a golf cart crash on a school campus last year has settled, and the mother of the child will receive $7.5 million from the school district, as noted by the family's attorneys. The tragic incident…

Single Trucking Company To Pay $411M Over 45-Vehicle Pileup

Categories: Settlements
A motorcyclist who was severely injured in a 45-vehicle pileup in 2018 received a massive $411,726,608 verdict from a jury of Florida’s Second Circuit Court. According to the court documents, the 45-vehicle pileup crash occurred on westbound I-10 in…
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