Order settles Md. abuse suit for &#36;1.2M
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A former altar boy who accused a Roman Catholic priest of molesting him more than five years ago has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the priest's religious order, according to the man's parents and attorneys.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has settled lawsuits with 144 victims of sexual abuse by priests for $198 million, the diocese and lawyers for the victims said on Friday.
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The Archdiocese of Washington has agreed to pay $1.3 million to 16 men who said they were sexually abused by eight priests from 1962 to 1982.
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AT&amp;T Corp., the largest US long- distance telephone company, agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that sought damages of $2.
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By Jonathan D. Epstein  HSBC Bank USA agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $1 million in fines and reimbursement to settle a state lawsuit over a toxic chemical cleanup in Orange County in a case brought under the federal Superfund Act.
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A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay &#36;6.3 million to settle lawsuits brought by three former students who were sexually abused by counselors and teachers at an elite private school in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Embattled hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp.  on Tuesday said it will pay &#36;395 million to settle litigation with patients claiming one of its hospitals performed unnecessary heart surgeries.
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The DuPont Co. agreed to a settlement potentially worth more than $340 million Thursday to resolve allegations the chemical giant contaminated drinking water in West Virginia
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The company that made the Bushmaster  rifle used in the Washington-area sniper killings and a gun  shop that lost track of the firearm agreed to pay $2.5 million  to victims in what lawyers said on Thursday was an  unprecedented settlement.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport agreed to pay &#36;9 million Thursday to settle 37 claims of sexual abuse by priests &#151; a deal that could lift any immediate threat of bankruptcy.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it has agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment by a diocese. The agreement caps more than four years of negotiations in state and federal courts.
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An &#36;80 million settlement was reached Thursday in a lawsuit against a crematory operator by nearly 1,700 relatives of deceased people whose bodies were found strewn across the business' grounds.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a &#36;140 million settlement Wednesday with a mutual fund adviser to the former FleetBoston Financial Corp. for improper trading, the same day the agency filed civil fraud charges against two former employees of the adviser.
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The state Supreme Court says a &#36;68 million lawsuit alleging that the Roman Catholic diocese of Nashville covered up child sex abuse by a former priest can go forward.
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A Roman Catholic diocese in  California has made a record settlement in 87 lawsuits by  people who claimed they were abused, a source close to the case  said on Friday.