A Canadian oil and gas company has agreed to settle a lawsuit with workers working in Colorado. In a lawsuit filed against the company, Ensign Energy Services, the workers claimed they were “denied overtime pay because of the way they were compensated.” The lawsuit itself settled for $2 million and was approved by a “federal judge in Denver.”
It’s never easy losing a loved one, especially when it’s sudden and unexpected. Unfortunately for one woman, she had to experience the heartache of losing her husband in a tragic work accident. However, instead of getting lost in her grief, she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband’s employer. Now, years after her husband’s death, Mary Kriete-Green of Fontana, Wisconsin has agreed to “a nearly $6 million payment from the companies involved in the death.”
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Can you imagine being sentenced to prison for a crime you didn’t commit? Unfortunately, wrongful convictions happen from time to time, subjecting normal, every day people to long prison sentences for crimes like theft, arson, and even murder. For example, Joseph Sledge spent “37 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.” Now he’s set to receive $4 million after Bladen County and insurance companies agreed to settle a lawsuit that Sledge filed against the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. But what happened? How was he found guilty and imprisoned for nearly four decades?
The City of San Diego agreed to pay $500,000 to trash truck drivers who say they were illegally denied pay while taking lunchbreaks. The class action suit was filed in 2014, after disgruntled drivers filed a complaint over what was then a standard practice – deducting a half hour’s pay from each shift. The 30-minute
When most people go to the hospital for a surgery, the last thing they plan on is something bad happening. Most people trust their doctors to make the best decisions regarding their health and certainly trust them not to make any life-changing mistakes. Unfortunately for one Bluefield woman, a thyroidectomy performed in February 2014 resulted in an injury that prompted the woman to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against her doctor, Michael Covelli.
A federal judge ordered Iran to pay $63 million to Amir Hekmati, a United States Marine who spent four years imprisoned on espionage charges. According to The Washington Post, Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., granted Hekmati’s motion for a default judgment after Iran refused to respond to the complaint.
Cabot Finally Settles Two Decade-long Drilling Lawsuits
A diabetic and convicted murderer from Georgia will receive a $550,000 settlement from the state after suing over the loss of a leg. The New York Times and Atlanta Journal-Constitution report that the inmate, Michael Tarver, originally filed the suit in longhand and without legal aid over three years ago. Tarver accused Dr. Chiquita Fye,
The mother of Ron Singleton, who died in police custody in 2014, settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the City of New York for $1.25 million. Singleton’s mother, Rebecca Singleton, accused the New York Police Department of using excessive force in restraining her son. A taxi driver had called the police to report the late