California Wildfire Victims Fear They’ll Be Last in Payout February 27, 2020 By Michael Liedtke and Daisy Nguyen A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility blamed for causing them was supposed to...
California Dioceses Creating Abuse Compensation Program May 16, 2019 Six Roman Catholic dioceses in California are creating a program to compensate people who were sexually abused by priests as...
California to Review Sex-Abuse Responses of 12 Dioceses May 6, 2019 The California attorney general’s office will review how all 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in the state handled allegations of child...
Halliburton Offers Settlements over Chemical in Oklahoma Wells October 6, 2015 Halliburton is offering settlements to dozens of property owners after a chemical compound called ammonium perchlorate showed up in residents’...
California Bill Would Require Disclosure of Construction Settlements July 15, 2015 Construction companies will have to disclose building defects such as those that could have contributed to a deadly balcony collapse...
California Bill Would Intercept Insurance Claims to Fund Child Support June 1, 2015 California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would intercept more insurance payments and use them to pay beneficiaries’ overdue child...
School Shooting Victims in New Mexico Awarded Nearly $2M May 4, 2015 Insurance carriers for the Roswell Independent School District in New Mexico have paid nearly $2 million in structured settlements to...
Detroit Bankruptcy Exit Plan Cleared by Judge November 9, 2014 By Ed White A judge cleared Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy on Nov. 7, approving a hard-fought turnaround plan with a fervent plea...
Last of Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse Lawsuits Settled May 12, 2014 The last remaining lawsuit arising from the deadly Texas A&M Bonfire lawsuit collapse has been settled almost 15 years after...
Federal Flood Aid to Colorado Reaches $246M January 16, 2014 The Federal Emergency Management Agency says nearly $246 million in federal aid has flowed into Colorado since the deadly September...