Court records say a Catawba County couple has received a $1 million settlement from a Mooresville, N.C., daycare after their infant son stopped breathing and suffered brain damage. The Charlotte Observer reports that a lawsuit says the 4-month-old son of …
A Richmond, Va., judge has approved a $100,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a motorist previously convicted in a hit-and-run accident involving a bicyclist. The family of Lanie Kruszewski filed the civil lawsuit in June against Elias …
The parents of a Louisiana man whose death in 2011 was linked to a rare brain-eating amoeba have settled their lawsuit against the manufacturers of two household devices that they blamed for their son’s deadly infection. Settlement terms weren’t disclosed …
Metro has agreed to settle a lawsuit against its insurance broker that stemmed from the 2009 red line crash in Washington, D.C. that killed nine people. After the crash, Metro sued insurance broker Aon, which put together the insurance that …
A Klamath Falls, Ore., rancher and the Union Pacific have settled a legal battle over 24 cattle of an ancient breed that were hit by a train and killed. The Oregonian reports the terms were not disclosed. The railroad didn’t …
The family of one of four Yale University students killed in a 2003 crash on Interstate 95 in Connecticut has settled a negligence lawsuit against the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The lawsuit filed in 2005 by the family of Nicholas …
The family of a railroad worker who died in 2010 when floodwaters brought down a bridge has settled a lawsuit against his employer and two other railroads. Suzanne Scholl, of Norfolk, said in her lawsuit that Union Pacific Railroad, Nebraska …
The families of nine men killed or injured in the collapse of a South Florida community college parking garage last year have settled lawsuits against the general contractor and several subcontractors. Their lawyers announced the settlements Wednesday, but the terms …
A New York chain of yoga studios has agreed to stop offering hot yoga classes patterned after Bikram Yoga. Yoga to the People was accused by Bikram of copyright infringement. The chain has agreed to stop using the Bikram sequence …
An attorney says Los Angeles County’s transit agency has paid $3.5 million to a woman whose foot was crushed by a bus. Jenny Lopez sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority after she stepped into a crosswalk in 2010 and a bus …