Elton John accepts &#36;188,000 in damages
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Elton John accepted 100,000 pounds (&#36;188,000) in libel damages Wednesday over allegations that he asked guests not to approach him at a charity ball.
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In a Feb. 20 story about the Supreme Court throwing out a damages award against Weyerhauser Co., The Associated Press reported erroneously the amount a jury said Weyerhauser should pay. The jury award was $26.25 million, not $29 million. The corrected version of this story appears below.
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An insurance company has sued Lenny Kravitz, saying it had to pay for more than &#36;300,000 worth of water damage in a neighbor's apartment after one of Kravitz's toilets overflowed two months ago.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the federal truth in lending law caps damages at &#36;1,000 for violations of its requirements for consumer loans secured by personal property, such as a motor vehicle.
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Michael Jackson is ordered to pay $60,000 (Â£32,000) in legal fees to his ex-wife Deborah Rowe.
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A jury awarded &#36;60 million Tuesday to the family of a girl paralyzed in a car wreck caused by a drunken football fan.
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A jury awarded &#36;75 million in punitive damages Wednesday to the family of a 7-year-old girl paralyzed in a car wreck caused by a drunken football fan. A day earlier, the family was awarded &#36;60 million in compensatory damages.
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Insured losses from Hurricane Jeanne are estimated at $6 billion to $8 billion, according to Eqecat Inc., a risk-modeling firm. The hurricane made landfall early Sunday at Hutchinson Island, on Florida&#39;s East
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Lawyers representing victims of a 1986 Berlin nightclub bombing said Thursday the first part of &#36;35 million compensation had arrived from Libya after a three-week delay.
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A devout Christian who said an accident at work boosted his libido and wrecked his marriage as he turned to prostitutes and pornography was awarded more than 3 million pounds in damages on Tuesday.
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TRIPOLI, Libya  - Libya signed a deal Friday to  pay $35 million in compensation to more than 160 victims of a  Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step  toward ending its international isolation.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a record &#36;145 billion punitive damage award against tobacco companies for injuring smokers, saying it was excessive even though it agreed that the companies had misled the public about the dangers of cigarettes.
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"This concert will enable us to fund future projects for around the same amount"  TOP singer Elton John gave a free charitable concert on Kiev's Independence Square on Saturday in a bid to draw attention to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome problem in Ukraine. via The Straits Times
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Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received more than $38 billion in compensation - a figure 30 times the size of the largest previous disaster payout and one that is unlikely to be matched, according to a Rand Corp.
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Elton John has filed a lawsuit against the Fulton County, Georgia, tax   assessor&#039;s office, alleging that the county thinks too much of his   12,000 square-foot Peachtree Street condo.
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TRIPOLI, Libya  - Libya signed an agreement to pay a total of &#36;35 million US (&#36;45.4 million Cdn) in compensation for non-U.S. victims of a 1986 Berlin hotel bombing.
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A federal jury awarded $260,000 on Monday to one of two men who sued NBA star Allen Iverson after they said they were beaten by his entourage at a Washington nightclub in 2005.