Supreme Court Won’t Honor Student’s $4.5 Million Award
Supreme Court Won’t Honor $4.5 Million Award in Abuse Case
Verdicts & Settlements
Wisconsin Dairy Business Association Settles Lawsuit with Environmental Officials Over Regulations
A settlement has been reached between Wisconsin environmental officials and the Dairy Business Association after members of Wisconsin’s dairy industry filed a lawsuit “alleging the agency was over-regulating large livestock farms.” The lawsuit itself was filed back in July and claimed the “state Department of Natural Resources had stopped allowing concentrated animal feeding operations to pass runoff through vegetation patches to filter pollution without going through the administrative rule-making process.”
Court Refuses to Revive Defamation Suit Against Bill Cosby
A federal appeals court rejected a plea to revive a defamation lawsuit against disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby. The claim dates back to an incident which purportedly took place in 1974. An actress says that Cosby raped her, and later went public with the accusation. After she published an account of her ordeal in a newspaper
Oil Company Agrees to $1.8M Lawsuit Over Overtime Dispute
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.”
$5.9M Settlement Awarded to Widow of Worker Killed in 2011 Truck Accident
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
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Man Receives $4M Settlement After Wrongful Conviction
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?
San Diego Settles for $500,000 to Trash Truck Drivers Stiffed on Pay
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
West Virginia Jury Awards Woman $5.8M In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
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.
Judge Orders Iran to Pay $63m to Amir Hekmati After Four Years of Imprisonment and Torture
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.