California Labor Commissioner’s Office Reaches $5.5M Wage Theft Settlement December 7, 2023 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148...
Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding December 7, 2023 Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding...
Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination December 1, 2023 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. (AP) – The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio...
Texas City Approves $3.5M For Child Who Witnessed Aunt’s Fatal Shooting by Officer November 30, 2023 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas city on Tuesday approved a $3.5 million settlement for a child who witnessed...
Kansas Refinery to Pay $23 Million for Clean Air Act Violations and Previous Pollution Problems November 22, 2023 OFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas refinery has agreed to pay more than $23 million for violating the federal Clean...
Nevada to Pay $340K in Settlement Over Prison Firefighting Conditions November 22, 2023 Nevada must pay $340,000 total to the ACLU of Nevada and eight people on a prison firefighting crew in a...
Reporter Arrested During Protest Will Receive $700K From Los Angeles County November 9, 2023 A radio reporter taken into custody while covering a demonstration the night two sheriff’s deputies were shot three years ago...
Peace Corps to Pay $750,000 to Family of Illinois Woman Who Died After Misdiagnosis November 9, 2023 By Ken Kusmer The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in...
Iowa to Pay $10 Million Settlement to Siblings of Starved Teenager November 8, 2023 By Summer Ballentine Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds (25 kilograms)...
Colorado Judge Chides Company That Tried to Pay $23,500 Settlement in 3 Tons of Coins October 27, 2023 A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending...