The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy killed in an escalator accident at a mall has reached a settlement in a negligence lawsuit. Mark DiBona of Dudley fell from a second-floor escalator about 18 feet onto a display case below …
The Dallas City Council has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit with a man who claimed he was unfairly beaten by a police officer and unjustly jailed for 15 months. The Dallas Morning News reports the city …
A lawsuit against Norfolk Southern that was headed to trial Monday has been settled with the families of two teenagers who were struck and killed by a train in Montgomery County. An attorney for Norfolk Southern told The Roanoke Times …
The parties involved have settled a lawsuit filed after a southeast Nebraska barn was destroyed by a controlled burn that got out of control. Terms of the Gage County lawsuit settlement have not been disclosed. Court documents say the Barneston …
A lawsuit filed over a death at New Life Lodge rehabilitation center has been settled. The Tennessean reports terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The lawsuit was filed in August 2011 and sought $32 million in compensatory and punitive …
A lawsuit stemming from the death of a pregnant Newport News, Va., woman in a traffic accident has been settled for more than $3 million. Police say 27-year-old Crystal Burgsteiner was killed when a tractor-trailer hit her broken down car …
The federal government and a company that provides air traffic control services at the Jackson Hole Airport have entered confidential settlements to end lawsuits brought by survivors of a Minnesota man and his three sons who died in a plane …
Great Falls Public Schools has reached a $595,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the families of seven special needs students who reported suffering physical and verbal abuse in a Montana middle school special education classroom. The Great Falls Tribune …
The family of a former West Virginia University student beaten into a coma-like state three years ago will get $700,000 toward his medical bills under a lawsuit settlement. U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley approved the deal Thursday but sealed the …
A construction company and a natural gas pipeline owner have settled a lawsuit filed after a northwest Iowa pipeline explosion nearly a year ago. Omaha, Neb.-based Northern Natural Gas Co. had sued DeRocher Construction, of Le Mars, for negligence. Northern …