McKesson Opioid Deal in West Virginia May Spur More Accords May 3, 2019 By Jef Feeley McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose...
Cosby’s Insurer Settles Accuser’s Lawsuit Before Deposition April 18, 2019 By Maryclaire Dale PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby’s insurance company has settled another lawsuit filed by a female accuser a week before the imprisoned...
Judge Orders Bayer to Pursue Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation April 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the...
Targeted Motel 6 Guests Owed Millions May Be Impossible to Find April 9, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra Motel 6 agreed to pay almost $20 million to tens of thousands of former guests whose ” Latino-sounding names” were...
Avenatti Doubles Down, Says Nike Targeted Him to Cover ‘Crimes’ March 26, 2019 By Erik Larson California lawyer Michael Avenatti brushed aside accusations by federal prosecutors that he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike...
Settlement Reached in Suit over Mo. Duck Boat Accident March 13, 2019 The company that owned a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake has reached a settlement with relatives of...
Man Choked by Los Angeles Firefighter to Get $7.4M February 11, 2019 A man who was choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles, Calif., firefighter who saw him handing out Halloween candy...
Illinois Student Tackled for Stealing Own Car Settles Suit for $1.25M January 25, 2019 A Chicago, Ill., suburb has tentatively agreed to pay a former doctoral student $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging...
State Farm Avoids Racketeering Trial With $250M Settlement September 5, 2018 By Tim Bross, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley State Farm agreed to pay $250 million on the brink of a trial to customers who claimed the company tried...
Owners, Insurer Settle High-Dollar Suit in Ohio Mansion Fire September 25, 2017 A dispute over a multi-million dollar insurance claim for a suburban Cincinnati mansion that burned down in 2014 has been...