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Scandies Rose Crab Boat Sinking Disaster Settled For $9M

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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…

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

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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

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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

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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

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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…
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