Settlements
2015 Gold King Mine Spill: NM To Receive $11M
A 2016 lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill has reached a settlement, and the state will receive $11 million from Silverton-based Sunnyside Gold Corp., owned by the international mining conglomerate Kinross…
Family Of A Deceased Maryland Football Player Gets $3.5M
The University of Maryland has agreed to pay a settlement of $3.5 million to the parents of a football player who died of heatstroke following a workout in 2018.
The settlement was announced in a meeting agenda released by the Maryland…
Broward Jury Awards $37M To The Estate of Chain Smoker
The jury at a Broward County, Florida, awarded $37 million to the family of a smoker who died as a result of lung cancer and COPD, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA Inc.
…California Republican Party To Pay $11M In A Orange County Motorcycle Crash
A Riverside County motorcyclist who suffered life-altering injuries in an Orange County freeway crash will be paid $11 million by the California Republican Party.
According to the court documents, on August 05, 206, the plaintiff was…
Estate Of Unarmed Mentally Ill Man Gets $5M
The family of a mentally ill man who got shot by police will be awarded $5.3 million as a settlement from the city of Santa Clara.
According to the court documents, the police were on the fifth call of the day at the same house where the…
Woman Get $16.5M From Island County Over Fatal Car Crash
A federal jury has awarded $16.5 million to a woman who lost two young daughters in a fiery car crash.
As per the court documents, the woman was driving a minivan around a winding stretch of N. Sunrise Boulevard on Camano Island’s northeast…
$18M For A Teen Shot At A Convenient Store
A federal jury ordered the owner of the Little Rock convenience store to pay $18 million to the family of a teen who was shot and killed inside the store.
As per the court documents, the boy was a bystander at the store when he was…
Kearny Man Gets $1.1M In Motorcycle Crash Lawsuit
A jury awarded more than $1 million in a settlement to a Kearny man who got seriously injured during a motorcycle crash in 2019.
The plaintiff filed the lawsuit in Hudson County Superior Court in July 2019, a month later after the crash.…
Jury Awards $34.7M to Family of Permanently Disabled Newborn
On Aug 16, 2021, the Baltimore jury awarded nearly $35 million to the family of the permanently disabled boy who had sued MedStar Harbor Hospital.
The boy was one of the twins born at MedStar Harbor Hospital in South Baltimore on Aug 19,…
Shore Health Settles Overcharge Lawsuit By Paying $9.5M
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health has resolved the lawsuit of overcharging Maryland Medicaid and Medicare programs by paying $9.5 million to the federal and state government.
In June 2016, the lawsuit came up when the…