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Settlements Aug 12, 2019

$6,216,176 in Direct Purchaser Settlements Reached With Windshield Wiper Systems Manufacturers in Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit

(“Settlement Class Counsel”) announce that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division (“Court”) has approved the following announcement of proposed class action settlements with the MITSUBA Defendants and DENSO Defendants. The lawsuit claims that Defendants conspired to raise, fix, maintain, and stabilize prices, rig bids, and allocate the supply of …

News Aug 7, 2019

No Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Inmate Medical Care at Angola Prison; Negotiations Continue

Recent attempts to settle a 2015 lawsuit alleging woefully inadequate inmate medical care at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola haven’t produced a resolution, but a federal magistrate says both sides will continue to talk. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Bourgeois Jr. held a settlement conference last week with attorneys for Angola inmates and the state corrections department. At the …

News May 18, 2019

Stormy Daniels Reaches Settlement in Suit Alleging Ex-Lawyer ‘Colluded’ With Cohen

A settlement has been reached in Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit alleging that her former lawyer acted as a “puppet” for Trump fixer Michael Cohen in an attempt to get her to go on Fox News and deny having an affair with President Trump. Citing federal court documents, CNN reports that Daniels and her former lawyer Keith Davidson have reached and executed a settlement. Daniels and Cohen have agreed to …

Class-Actions Apr 7, 2017

Dunkin’ Donuts Reportedly Settles Fake Butter Class-Action Lawsuit

A Massachusetts man who filed a class-action lawsuit against Dunkin’ Donuts over fake butter has reportedly reached a settlement that could mean free buttered baked goods for 1,400 customers, according to a report. Jan Polanik, the lead plaintiff in the class-action, may receive $500, according to the New York Post. Polanik sued several of the chain’s franchises, saying he got the fake stuff …

Settlements Oct 26, 2016

Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Related to Kanawha County Water Crisis

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit related to the Kanawha Valley water crisis back in 2014. That’s when there was a chemical spill at Freedom Industries in Charleston that impacted drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in nine counties. A class action lawsuit was filed against Eastman Chemical and West Virginia American Water after …

News Oct 21, 2016

Jared Fogle — Child Porn Victim Drops Lawsuit

One of Jared Fogle ‘s child porn victims just agreed to drop her lawsuit against him, and it has all the ear markings of a settlement. Jane Doe filed docs Thursday saying she and her family agree to dismiss the civil suit against Fogle. You’ll recall, Fogle was sued by the woman for conspiring with his ex-partner, Russell Taylor , to secretly record a nude minor.

Settlements Aug 16, 2016

Lincoln Military Housing Settles Landmark Troop Eviction Lawsuit

Lincoln Military Housing must pay $200,000 in fees and penalties to four military members and the federal government under a Department of Justice settlement reached Thursday after the company illegally evicted service members from their on-base homes. This case marks the first time the Justice Department has filed allegations of unlawful evictions under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, …

Legal News Aug 9, 2016

Family Loses Lawsuit Over Bone Cement Used in Mom’s Back Surgery

A jury has found in favor of a University of Washington surgeon who was sued by the daughter of a patient who died after the doctor used a non-FDA-approved bone cement during the woman’s spinal surgery. Rick Friedman, the lawyer for Cindy Wilson, says the jury reached the decision on Friday that Dr. Jens Chapman did not act below the standard of medical care when he used the Norian bone cement …

Settlements Aug 8, 2016

Abandoned Property Lawsuit Settles Agreement

Attorneys say they’ve reached a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit challenging Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property. In court papers filed Friday, attorneys for the state and for packaging company Temple-Inland Inc., a subsidiary of Memphis-based International Paper, said they had reached a voluntary settlement agreement and asked the judge to dismiss Temple-Inland’s …

News Apr 22, 2016

VW Says Accord With Class Action Plaintiffs to Yield Settlement

Volkswagen said it has reached a framework agreement with class action plaintiffs in U.S. court proceedings on Thursday. The accord with class action plaintiffs will result in “a comprehensive settlement” in coming weeks, Volkswagen (VW) said in an emailed statement published by its Wolfsburg, Germany-based headquarters. The German carmaker and the U.S. Justice Department…