Volkswagen Agrees to Settle Age Discrimination Suit for $995K
Earlier this week, Volkswagen agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a group of older employees over allegations of age discrimination.
Verdicts & Settlements
Orlando-Based Massage Therapy Company Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $27K
Orlando Float, a massage therapy company based in Orlando, recently settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit for $27,000.
South Carolina Will Only Pay $1m to Woman Whose Baby Died in Prison Toilet
Guards allegedly prevented anyone from going near a toilet in which the premature baby was trapped for close to half an hour.
Walgreens Pays $7.5 Million to Settle Fake Pharmacist Claims in California
Kim Thien Le may have illegally filled about 750,000 prescriptions, many of which were for highly addictive opioids.
M&T Bank Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $100K
After suing M&T bank, a former branch manager received a $100,000 settlement, ending the pregnancy discrimination suit she filed against the bank in 2016.
Facebook Pays $550m to Settle Facial Recognition Suit
Facebook won’t admit it’s done anything wrong–instead, it’s framing the settlement as a cost of doing business.
Aramark Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over Employee Bonuses for $21M
Aramark recently agreed to settle an employee lawsuit filed over allegations that it failed to may its managers their 2018 bonuses.
Ford Motor Co. Proposes $30M Settlement to End Class-Action Lawsuit Over Transmissions
Ford Motor Co. recently proposed to end a class-action lawsuit over Focus and Fiesta transmissions for $30 million.
Supreme Court Gives Trump’s “Public Charge” Rule New Hope
While the 5-4 conservative majority didn’t remark on the case, they did issue a condemnation of the sorts of “universal injunctions” which blocked the rule from taking effect.
MultiCare Health System Settles Medical Malpractice Suit for $10M
MultiCare Health System agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by Chante Ramirez, the mother of a baby who was left paralyzed after a chemotherapy injection in 2017.