Bayer’s Monsanto to Pay $160M to Resolve Seattle’s PCB Contamination Lawsuit July 29, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Monsanto will pay $160 million to settle a lawsuit by the city of Seattle that accused the unit of Germany’s...
Buffett’s PacifiCorp Suspected of Collusion by Wildfire Victims’ Law Firms July 22, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel The law firms leading class-action litigation against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires in Oregon want to examine...
Allstate, State Farm Sued Over $4 Billion Maui Fire Settlement July 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley A half-dozen Maui wildfire victims sued a group of insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, accusing them of throwing a...
Families of Workers Killed in Idaho Hangar Collapse Sue Construction Company July 16, 2024 By Rebecca Boone The families of two construction workers killed when an airport hangar in Idaho collapsed are suing several companies that were...
Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50 Million July 11, 2024 By Archie Hunter California’s attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after...
Montana To Ask State Top Court To Overturn Landmark Climate Ruling July 10, 2024 By Nate Raymond Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the...
$21M to Settle Claims Over Botched Fireworks Detonation in Los Angeles July 5, 2024 Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the...
Jury Awards $700k to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade June 27, 2024 By Mark Thiessen Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct...
Jury Awards $13M to Ultramarathon Athlete Injured on Seattle Sidewalk June 25, 2024 A jury awarded $13.1 million to an ultramarathon athlete who was severely injured when she fell on a Seattle sidewalk...
Houston Leaders Approve $1B Bond Deal to Cover Back Pay for Firefighters June 18, 2024 HOUSTON (AP) — Houston leaders have agreed to a bond deal that could cost the city’s taxpayers more than $1...