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Consumers can file claims to recover money due to a preliminary approval of multi-state settlements worth $310 million with the major manufacturers of Dynamic Random Access Memory computer chips, which allegedly conspired to fix prices.

After the defendant rejected the plaintiffs’ settlement offers, a Dane County jury awarded more than $1.7 million to a couple injured in a single-vehicle accident.

The Wisconsin Public Service Corp., a utility company, has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act.

Plaintiffs Rockwell Automation Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc., an Ohio corporation, filed a lawsuit Nov. 16, 2010, in federal court against defendants Germantown-based WAGO Corp. and its German parent company, WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG.

A dispute concerning insurance coverage was resolved by jury trial in Milwaukee’s U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

The state of Wisconsin has agreed to pay a $737,500 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the suicide of Jessie Miller while he was an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage.

Merrill Pine Ridge LLC and Kim’s Wisconsin LLC, both doing business as New Pine Ridge Restaurant in the city of Merrill, settled a lawsuit Jan. 14 alleging claims of sexual harassment and a sexually hostile working environment.

Jurors in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a $1.1 million verdict last month against Milwaukee County correctional officer James Howard.

A $3.45 million settlement was reached this month in an action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin seeking declaratory relief and monetary damages regarding payment obligations under a letter of credit and guarantee.

Federal court jurors returned a $1.8 million verdict for the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging race and sex discrimination and constructive discharge against defendant Kenneth Black.

The former manager of a Milwaukee assisted-living facility recouped unpaid wages and attorney fees in a recent Eastern District of Wisconsin case.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached a $1 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against Missoula Mac Inc., doing business as McDonald’s Restaurants.

Tinedale Farms Partnership LLP recently reached a settlement agreement with the state of Wisconsin in which the Wrightstown dairy operation will pay $50,000 for alleged violations of its Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.

Rosen Nissan Inc., an auto dealer at 5505 S. 27th Street in Milwaukee, reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court alleging violations of the Wisconsin Consumer Act.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Wednesday the Wisconsin Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement of $45,000 with Green Bay-based BelGioioso Cheese Inc.

Graymont LLC, a limestone processing facility in Superior, recently agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of air pollution control permits and Wisconsin air pollution laws.

The Milwaukee County Circuit Court entered a consent judgment Sept. 12 by which the Utah alarm service company Vivint Inc., agreed to pay up to $148,000 in refunds to consumers who had been misled regarding their ability to cancel their alarm service contracts.