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Family of man who died by suicide in jail awarded $156K
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The family of a Montana man who died by suicide in jail on his third try in 2015 has received a $156,000 settlement from Yellowstone County. Michael Ostby had submitted six requests for mental health care during the nearly two-month period that he was jailed and saw a counselor once...
Toyota to pay $180M for failing to report emissions defects
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota will pay $180 million to settle U.S. government allegations that it failed to report and fix pollution control defects in its vehicles for a decade. The company also agreed in court to investigate future emissions-related defects quickly and report them to the U.S. Environmental...
Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over mine spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice announced Wednesday it has settled with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that resulted in rivers in three western states being fouled with a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals....
Judge: Arizona Senate, Maricopa County need to settle fight
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Wednesday refused to order Maricopa County to turn over a raft of election data and copies of all mail-in ballots from November's election to Republicans who control the Arizona Senate, instead imploring the two sides to settle their bitter dispute. Maricopa County Superior Court...
Deal calls for back pay for workers at charity for veterans
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state attorney general’s office has reached a settlement in a lawsuit that calls for back pay totaling $1 million for about 100 veterans once employed by a charity organization serving homeless vets. Court documents said the employees of the Veterans Independent...
Court tosses convictions of former Wilmington Trust execs
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the convictions of four former executives for the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program. A three-judge panel on Tuesday reversed the convictions of the former Wilmington Trust...
Arizona man wrongfully accused of selling LSD settles suit
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of selling LSD has reached a settlement with the city of Flagstaff that includes a $75,000 payment. The parties filed a document in court Monday to dismiss the federal case, several months after Tremayne Nez, who is Navajo,...
Woman attacked by Duluth police dog settles for $50,000
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Warroad hotel housekeeper who was bitten by a police dog that belonged to an off-duty Duluth officer will receive $50,000 in a settlement agreement. The Duluth City Council unanimously voted Monday night to approve the deal in a lawsuit filed against the city and Officer Marc Johnson...
$70,000 in settlements in lawsuits over prosecutors' tactics
The district attorney's office in New Orleans has so far paid out $70,000 to settle with plaintiffs in a 2017 lawsuit over hardball prosecutorial tactics, including the threat of jail time for crime victims who don't cooperate with prosecutors. Settlements have been made with six individuals and one anti-crime...
Family of sexually assaulted girl settles with school
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who was lured by an online predator to a Pennsylvania hotel where she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted has settled a lawsuit with the school district that issued her the laptop. The lawsuit states that the school-issued computer did not...
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