McDonald’s Franchise Owners Settle Employee Compensation Lawsuit
McDonald’s Franchise Owners Settle Employee Compensation Lawsuit
Verdicts & Settlements
911 Operator Must Pay $17.6 Million for Improperly Handling Call
911 Operator Must Pay $17.6 Million for Improperly Handling Call
Daughter of Paul Walker Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Porsche
Many of us remember Paul Walker for his entertaining movies, especially the Fast and Furious franchise. Others, like his daughter, remember him in a different light – as a loving father who left this world too soon. The actor’s tragic death nearly four years ago shocked the world after he passed away in a car accident. He had been riding as a passenger in a “Porsche Carrera GT while his friend, Roger Rodas, was driving.” Shortly after his death, though, his daughter, Meadow Walker, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche, alleging that the “history of instability and control issues by the car, more specifically her father being trapped by a faulty seat belt, is what led Paul to burn alive.” Fortunately for Miss Walker, the lawsuit was settled on October 16th.
Supreme Court Won’t Honor Student’s $4.5 Million Award
Supreme Court Won’t Honor $4.5 Million Award in Abuse Case
Wisconsin Dairy Business Association Settles Lawsuit with Environmental Officials Over Regulations
A settlement has been reached between Wisconsin environmental officials and the Dairy Business Association after members of Wisconsin’s dairy industry filed a lawsuit “alleging the agency was over-regulating large livestock farms.” The lawsuit itself was filed back in July and claimed the “state Department of Natural Resources had stopped allowing concentrated animal feeding operations to pass runoff through vegetation patches to filter pollution without going through the administrative rule-making process.”
Court Refuses to Revive Defamation Suit Against Bill Cosby
A federal appeals court rejected a plea to revive a defamation lawsuit against disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby. The claim dates back to an incident which purportedly took place in 1974. An actress says that Cosby raped her, and later went public with the accusation. After she published an account of her ordeal in a newspaper
Oil Company Agrees to $1.8M Lawsuit Over Overtime Dispute
A Canadian oil and gas company has agreed to settle a lawsuit with workers working in Colorado. In a lawsuit filed against the company, Ensign Energy Services, the workers claimed they were “denied overtime pay because of the way they were compensated.” The lawsuit itself settled for $2 million and was approved by a “federal judge in Denver.”
$5.9M Settlement Awarded to Widow of Worker Killed in 2011 Truck Accident
It’s never easy losing a loved one, especially when it’s sudden and unexpected. Unfortunately for one woman, she had to experience the heartache of losing her husband in a tragic work accident. However, instead of getting lost in her grief, she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband’s employer. Now, years after her husband’s death, Mary Kriete-Green of Fontana, Wisconsin has agreed to “a nearly $6 million payment from the companies involved in the death.”
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Man Receives $4M Settlement After Wrongful Conviction
Can you imagine being sentenced to prison for a crime you didn’t commit? Unfortunately, wrongful convictions happen from time to time, subjecting normal, every day people to long prison sentences for crimes like theft, arson, and even murder. For example, Joseph Sledge spent “37 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.” Now he’s set to receive $4 million after Bladen County and insurance companies agreed to settle a lawsuit that Sledge filed against the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. But what happened? How was he found guilty and imprisoned for nearly four decades?