The billionaire family of a Red Bull energy drink heir accused of killing a police officer in a hit-and-run accident paid the officer’s siblings about $100,000 in a deal aimed at avoiding a civil lawsuit, police said Wednesday. Vorayuth Yoovidhya, …
The Republic, Mo., school district paid $185,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a student and her family who said the district didn’t protect her from being raped several times. The district released the settlement figures Thursday in response to …
Authorities in Baxter County, Ark., have settled a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner who claimed jailers stood by as he was assaulted in the county jail. Howard Johnson of Mountain Home filed the suit in January 2010 against Sheriff …
The Missouri attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with Dealership Warranties, Inc., a company that is now doing business as National Vehicle Protection Services, to restructure the way the company sells vehicle service contracts. Dealership Warranties will also pay …
A federal court has approved a settlement ending a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who avoided prison in the fatal Maserati crash that killed a homeowner. A judge last week signed a deal ordering 39-year-old John Ludwig’s former company …
The parents of a college freshman killed after a western Illinois high-speed chase with law enforcement have reached a $225,000 settlement with the driver of the pickup truck occupied by the girl. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports Gina Heinecke and Bob …