Settlements
Wrongful death of child in school bus accident—$1,300,000 Settlement
Decedent, a 14-year-old middle school student, was killed on Jan. 2, 2006, after exiting a school bus. The bus driver failed to activate the bus’s amber warning lights as the bus approached decedent’s stop and the red warning lights once the bus came to a stop. Decedent exited the bus and began crossing the street [...]
Court Approves Distribution of $4.5 Million Settlement in EEOC Age Bias Suit Against Allstate
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Judge E. Richard Webber of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has granted final approval for distribution of a $4,500,000 monetary award to 90 claimants identified during the litigation as part of an EEOC litigation settlement with Allstate [...]
Ivy Hall Assisted Living Pays $43,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
ATLANTA – Ivy Hall Assisted Living, LLC will pay $43,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The agency had charged that Ivy Hall discriminated against a female housekeeper by firing her rather than accommodating her religious belief that [...]
$1.2 million wrongful death verdict may boost horse safety
A Jackson lawyer who won a $1.2 million verdict for the family of a woman who died while horseback riding hopes the judgment prompts a review of safety standards in Wyoming’s equine industry. The suit was filed by Leslie Barkhurst, as a representative on the estate of Kristina Barkhurst, deceased, against Wyoming resident Patricia Skinner, [...]
Warrenton Settles Lawsuit For Negligence in New Visitor’s Center
This is a great article about a tragic incident that really helps shed some light on the phsycological pressures on injury victims and their families. In the article Mr Spencer was injured outside the building that he helped build. The family had deep reservations about pursuing a case because of Mr Spencers involvement but when [...]
Jury awards $30 million in wrongful death lawsuit
A week long wrongful death trial ended Friday with jurors awarding $30 million to the estate of Martha Darlene Roberts, who was brutally slain in April 2006 near the Alabama-Georgia line. Vernon Roberts, as the representative of his late wife’s estate, sued Barbara Roberts, his ex-wife, and Dr. Robert John Schiess in U.S. District Court [...]
Sacramento Jury awards $16.57 million to radio contestant’s survivors
A Sacramento Superior Court jury today awarded the survivors of Jennifer Lea Strange $16,577,118 as a result of her death nearly three years ago in a water-drinking contest conducted by a local radio station. In making the award, the seven-man, five-woman panel voted unanimously to find that Entercom Sacramento LLC, the local subsidiary of Entercom [...]
Hill Sportswear Agrees To Pay $100,000 Civil Penalty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Hill Sportswear Inc., of Paramount, Calif. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000. The penalty settlement (pdf), which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, resolves CPSC staff allegations that Hill Sportswear knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as [...]
Kohl’s Department Stores Agrees to Pay $425,000 Civil Penalty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC announced today that Kohl’s Department Stores Inc., of Menomonee Falls, Wis. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000. The penalty settlement pdf, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, resolves CPSC staff allegations that Kohl’s Department Stores knowingly failed to report to [...]
Foxwoods Resort Casino settles personal injury suit over lost leg for $2.9 million
Richard Murch arrived Thursday morning at Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court prepared for days of arduous testimony in his 2-year-old personal-injury lawsuit against Foxwoods Resort Casino. But, before the trial could commence, attorneys informed him that Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprises, which operates Foxwoods, had agreed to pay the 68-year-old Murch $2.9 million in actual damages and [...]
