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Why Suing Gunmakers Remains Difficult, Despite the Sandy Hook Settlement
The historic settlement in the Sandy Hook case against Remington created a template for how to hold gunmakers liable for their products. Here’s why it’s unlikely to unleash a flood of lawsuits
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NJ Landlord Accused of Sex Crimes Against Tenants to Pay $4.5M to Victims: Feds
A man who has owned hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $4.5 million in connection to a lawsuit concerning his sexual harassment of tenants and housing applicants for more than 15 years, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Joseph Centanni, 74, of Mountainside, was charged over the summer with sexual…
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San Diego to Pay Black Worker Who Claimed Discrimination
San Diego will pay nearly $100,000 to a former city Streets Division worker who filed a lawsuit claiming he faced discrimination because he is Black and was retaliated against for complaining about unsafe work conditions
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New Orleans Man Cleared of Rape, Manslaughter After 23 Years Will Get $2M Settlement
Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared on charges including rape and manslaughter
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‘Yabba Dabba Do!' California's ‘Flinstone House' Can Keep Cartoon Statues After Settlement
A four-year community dispute ended this spring when the town of Hillsborough quietly agreed to pay a $125,000 settlement to the owner of the “Flintstone house” in a dispute over her yard display.
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Family of Alton Sterling Accepts $4.5 Million Settlement From Baton Rouge in Fatal Police Shooting
The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, announced Friday it has settled a lawsuit against the city for $4.5 million, NBC reports. Alton Sterling was 37 when he was fatally shot by an officer in 2016. His family filed the suit the next year. Lawyers for Sterling’s relatives said that the settlement…
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Lost Money to Fraud via MoneyGram? You Might Be Able to Get It Back
Criminals use many different ways to try and steal your money. Wire transfers are a common way they ask for you to send them money that is almost impossible to recover. Now a new MoneyGram settlement with the FTC is giving people a chance to try and get some of their money back.
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Appeals Court Upholds $25M Award in Monsanto Cancer Case
A federal appeals court has upheld a $25 million award against agribusiness giant Monsanto in a lawsuit that alleged a California man developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup weed killer
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Photojournalist Wins ‘Substantial' Settlement From DC Police for Black Lives Matter Protest Arrest
A photojournalist won a settlement in his lawsuit against D.C. police, who he says violated his civil rights by arresting him as he covered a Black Lives Matter protest in August.
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MTS, Attorney on Settlement in 2019 Death of Man Detained By Security Officers
MTS officials and the family’s attorney detailed the settlement on April 19, 2021, that followed the 2019 death of a man being detained by security officers.
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Judge Approves $650M Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its users
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Google Antes Up $2.6M to Settle Pay, Job Discrimination Case
Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and Washington state.
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Bucks Player Agrees to $750K Settlement Over Arrest
Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018
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Slain Utah College Student's Family Gets $13.5M Settlement
The parents of a University of Utah track athlete who was killed by her ex-boyfriend on campus two years ago have reached a $13.5 million settlement with the university.
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Man Recovers $95,000 After Falling for Wire-Transfer Scam
People online, over the phone, and in your mailbox are all trying to scam you out of your money. Sometimes those scams can cost you big, but a story from NBC 7 Responds helped one man recover his lost cash.
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Music Fan Seriously Hurt by Stage Diver Wins $2M Settlement
A New Hampshire man who suffered serious spinal injuries when a stage diver landed on his head during a concert in New Jersey has reached a $2 million settlement with the show’s organizer. Jason Kooken, 46, of Exeter, was injured at an April 2017 punk music festival staged at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. His lawsuit claimed that security working…
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LG Offers Reimbursement for Refrigerator Repairs, Lost Food
Feeding a large family can be hard, especially when your fridge breaks down. But some LG fridge owners can now apply for reimbursements.
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San Diego Biotech Company Admits Fraudulent Billing, Agrees to Pay $49 Million
A San Diego-based biotech company agreed Friday to pay $49 million to settle allegations it fraudulently billed federal health insurance programs and offered kickbacks to physicians and patients to use its services.
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Judge Approves $5.5 Million Settlement for Teen Sexually Abused by Sheriff's Detective
A judge Monday approved a $5.5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed against Los Angeles County on behalf of a teenage girl who was sexually abused by a former sheriff’s detective in 2017. Former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Neil David Kimball, 47, of Agoura, pleaded guilty last July to child molestation charges. Kimball was sentenced last August by…
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Apple to Pay Up to $500M Over Battery-Related Phone Slowdown
IPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after the company agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle claims over intentionally slowing down older phones to preserve older batteries.