Nail Salon Pays $1.75M to Woman Who Lost Leg After Pedicure December 29, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. (AP)–A Florida woman whose leg had to be amputated because of an infection after a pedicure has reached...
$475M Settlement Proposed in Longest-Running US Oil Spill December 27, 2021 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay...
Sackler Ruling Could Delay Purdue’s Payment of Billions by Years December 21, 2021 By Tom Hals OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma could be years away from paying billions of dollars to address the U.S. opioid crisis after a...
Cities Wracked by Opioids Close to Getting $26B Settlement December 15, 2021 By Andrew Selsky McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP)–The opioid epidemic blew into this picturesque Oregon town like a toxic wind, leaving overdoses, addiction, homelessness and...
Boy Scouts Secure $800M From Chubb For Sex Abuse Settlements December 14, 2021 One of the Boy Scouts of America’s primary insurers, Chubb Ltd unit Century Indemnity Co., said on Monday it will...
‘Pharma Bro’ Firm Reaches $40M Settlement in Gouging Case December 9, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)–A company once owned by “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli will pay up to $40 million to settle allegations...
AbbVie Unit Settles New York Opioid Case For $200M as Trial Winds Down December 8, 2021 By Brendan Pierson Drugmaker AbbVie Inc agreed to pay $200 million to settle claims by New York that it helped fuel an epidemic...
New Mexico to Join Nationwide Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors December 8, 2021 By Nate Raymond New Mexico has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $21 billion resolving claims that the three...
Medicaid Recovery Case Before Supreme Court May Drive Up Settlement Costs December 6, 2021 By Jim Sams A case to be argued before the United States Supreme Court next month could drive up the amount plaintiffs demand...
Match Group to Pay Tinder Founders $441M to Settle Lawsuit December 3, 2021 Match Group Inc said on Wednesday it would pay Tinder founders $441 million to settle a case in which the...