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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.

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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.

Tagged with: Dane County Circuit Court Ellen Berz Motor Vehicles Murphy & Prachthauser settlement

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.

Tagged with: Clean Air Act DOJ Eastern District of Wisconsin EPA James Santelle U.S. Department of Justice William Griesbach

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.

Tagged with: Axley Brynelson Intellectual Property Michael Best & Friedrich Patent infringement patent suit Quarles & Brady Stephen Crocker U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin William Conley

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

Tagged with: Douglas Dehler O’Neil Cannon Hollman DeJong & Laing von Briesen & Roper

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.

Tagged with: lawsuit suicide Western District of Wisconsin William Conley wrongful death

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.

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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.

Tagged with: Milwaukee County Circuit Court U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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.

Tagged with: Mallery & Zimmerman Rebecca Frihart Kennedy Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Rudolph Randa U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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.

Tagged with: equal protection Race discrimination sex discrimination William Conley

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

Tagged with: Eastern District of Wisconsin Fair Labor Standards Act William Callahan

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.

Tagged with: Barbara Crabb Civil Rights Act EEOC McDonald's settlement sexual harassment

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.

Tagged with: DNR settlement

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.

Tagged with: Milwaukee County Circuit Court Vince Megna

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.

Tagged with: Amy Smith Dane County Circuit Court DNR DOJ J.B. Van Hollen settlement

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.

Tagged with: air pollution DNR

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.

Tagged with: Justice Department Milwaukee County Circuit Court Quarles & Brady