Settlements
Family Of 19-Year-Old Who Died In Police Custody Gets $5M
The family of a 19-year-old African American man who passed away in police custody in Caroline County, Maryland, in 2018 has reached a partial settlement in their federal case against seven Eastern Shore communities.
The American Civil…
Jury Awards $45.2M To Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim
A Texas jury ruled on Friday that a U.S. conspiracy theorist must pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 $45.2 million in punitive damages in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages already…
$1M Settlement For Plaintiff Over Sweeper Collision
A potential $1 million settlement has been reached in the case of a man who was hurt when his automobile collided with a street sweeper in Hacienda Heights in 2018.
The county Claims Board and the Board of Supervisors must approve the…
$3M Civil Rights Settlement For A Man Shot In North Carolina
A lawsuit brought by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed in his car by sheriff's deputies more than a year ago has been settled for $3 million, according to a North Carolina sheriff's office.
The plaintiff died as a…
SF To Get $54M Opioid Settlement From Allergan & Teva
Allergan and Teva, two manufacturers of opioids, have agreed to pay $54 million in cash and medications to reverse overdoses to settle a federal lawsuit filed by San Francisco that…
CT Gets Initial Payment Of $11M From Opioid Settlement
A $26 billion multistate opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson and medication distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson has already paid Connecticut its…
Impax To Pay $145M In Opioid Antitrust Suit
On Tuesday, Impax Laboratories said that it has reached an agreement to pay $145 million to settle antitrust class actions alleging that the pharmaceutical company conspired unlawfully with Endo International Plc to postpone the release of a…
Teva Agrees On $4.35B Opioid Settlement
A $4.35 billion countrywide settlement offered by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries might end thousands of cases related to the drugmaker's claimed involvement in the U.S. opioid…
U.S. District Judge Approves $45 Million Roundup Settlement
A $45 million class-action settlement was just granted by the federal court presiding over tens of thousands of Roundup weedkiller personal injury lawsuits against Monsanto and its…
3M Creates $1B Trust To Settle Veterans' Suits Over Earplugs
3M is creating a $1 billion trust to resolve claims brought by tens of thousands of American service men and veterans over earplugs they claimed were defective and caused…