Settlement Reached in Crematory Lawsuit
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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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GARY, Ind. -- US Steel and seven other companies that have polluted the Grand Calumet River here for years agreed Friday to pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit to pay for its cleanup.
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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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A class-action lawsuit that alleged Microsoft Corp. overcharged consumers was settled Wednesday for an undisclosed amount.
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ROME, Ga. -- Jurors hearing the federal lawsuit against former Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh were sent home early Wednesday to give lawyers an opportunity to discuss a possible settlement in the case.
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IBM said yesterday that it had agreed to pay $320 million to current and former employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan in a case that may affect millions
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Sobs and a moment of silence for those who died during years of negotiations punctuated a Monday hearing at which a judge accepted a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and alleged victims of clergy sex abuse.
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By Mitchell Freedman, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 7--A $1.5-million settlement has been reached by 29 businesses and government entities with the New York State attorney general's office over the cost of cleanup at the old North Sea landfill in Southampton Town.
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The plaintiffs in more than a third of the remaining suits filed by relatives of September 11 victims seeking compensation from airlines and their security contractors have agreed to settle a week before the first case was to be heard in court.
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International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday it had agreed to settle most of the issues in a suit over changes in its pension plans on terms that allow the company to continue
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Families of victims of a deadly nursing home fire last year settled 28 of 32 lawsuits against the company that owned the facility, lawyers announced Thursday.
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HOUSTON - BP PLC has agreed to settle claims by four victims of an explosion in 2005 at its Texas refinery, ending the first trial over the disaster. The terms weren't disclosed.
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IBM Corp. and plaintiffs challenging the legality of its pension plan agreed to a deal Wednesday that settles most claims and caps the company's potential liability at &#36;1.7 billion. The company previously had estimated a settlement could cost as much as &#36;6.5 billion.
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An auto-body repair chain with several locations in San Diego County agreed yesterday to pay $5.8 million to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit alleging that it charged customers for work it never performed.
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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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International Business Machines Corp.  IBM.N has settled for an undisclosed sum part of a  potentially multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over its pension plan,  a Wednesday court filing shows.
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Nearly 1,700 relatives of people whose bodies were found scattered across a crematory's property are suing the owner for all he's worth &#151; but that may not be much.