A retired Wisconsin physician has agreed to pay $70,000 to resolve allegations that he improperly prescribed opioids to patients and told them how to successfully fill various opioid prescriptions at once.
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EPA settles lawsuit over hazardous waste near Franklin landfill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the garbage-disposal giant Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. over allegedly illegal hazardous-waste practices at a landfill in Franklin. The proposed settlement, announced on Thursday, calls for increased monitoring for hazardous waste near the Metro Recycling and Disposal Facility in Franklin and a $232,000 fine to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and ...
Read More »Republican lawmakers OK 4 settlements under lame-duck laws
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee signed off on four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws in a whirlwind meeting on Tuesday.
Read More »Kohl’s agrees to pay $220,000 for identity-theft allegations (UPDATE)
The Department of Justice is suing Kohl's Department Stores for withholding information about identity theft perpetrators.
Read More »Milwaukee pain clinic settles kickback lawsuit for $1.35M
A Milwaukee pain management clinic has agreed to pay at least $1.35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its doctor ordered unnecessary drug tests for patients in exchange for kickbacks from the testing company.
Read More »Jury awards man $1.9M for injuries from MPD traffic stop
A jury awarded a man more than $1.9 million for injuries he sustained from a Milwaukee Police officer during a traffic stop.
Read More »Kohner, Mann & Kailas prevails in $17M counterclaim
The Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has prevailed in a $17 million counterclaim filed against a client in a breach-of-agreement lawsuit spanning nearly six years.
Read More »Jury awards $72K plus 2x costs in Madison car crash case
A $100,000 settlement was reached in a car-crash case in Dane County on Jan. 28, 2019.
Read More »TMJ centers settle false claims case for $1M
A company doing business as TMJ & Orofacial Pain Treatment Centers of Wisconsin will pay $1 million to resolve allegations that the centers submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE, a health-care provider for service members and their families.
Read More »Lawmakers OK state’s 1st settlement under lame-duck laws (UPDATE)
Republicans who control the Legislature's budget committee signed off Thursday on the state's first settlement under laws that granted them oversight of Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's legal negotiations.
Read More »$100K settlement reached in car-crash case
A $100,000 settlement was reached in a car-crash case in Dane County on Jan. 28, 2019.
Read More »$65K settlement reached in slip-and-fall case
A $65,000 settlement was reached in a slip-and-fall case in La Crosse County in March.
Read More »$250K settlement reached in auto-injury case
The parties in auto-injury case in Milwaukee County agreed to a $250,000 settlement in May.
Read More »Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes
An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday.
Read More »Milwaukee pays nearly $7M to settle jail-death lawsuit
Milwaukee County paid nearly $7 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a man whose dehydration death in jail was described by his attorneys as torture.
Read More »Settlement reached in Hudson parade accident
A Hudson family injured during a 2013 parade accident has settled a lawsuit against the Shriners.
Read More »Milwaukee hospital to pay $360K for improper waste disposal
Wisconsin's attorney general says a Milwaukee hospital will pay $360,000 to settle a lawsuit for improperly disposing of pharmaceutical hazardous waste from 2013 to 2016.
Read More »UW-Oshkosh, foundation reach $4.6 million settlement
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and its private foundation have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement as part of a bankruptcy case related to five building projects.
Read More »Settlement requires ‘anti-hate training’ for internet troll
An internet troll who harassed a black college student with racist messages on social media has agreed to a court settlement requiring him to get "anti-hate training," apologize in writing and on video and publicly renounce white supremacy.
Read More »Wisconsin strip club reaches $400K settlement with dancers
A Wisconsin strip club has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle dancers' claims that they were paid essentially nothing for their performances.
Read More »MillerCoors, Pabst settle lawsuit over brewing contract
MillerCoors and Pabst Brewing Co. settled a lawsuit Wednesday in which the hipster's brand of choice claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst's beers to put that company out of business.
Read More »Motel 6 to pay $7.6M for reporting Latino guests’ private info to immigration
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The national budget chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to Latino guests who say the company’s employees shared their private information with immigration officials, according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court. A federal judge must still approve the proposal filed last week in U.S. District Court ...
Read More »Gas company settles crash lawsuit for $46 million
Southern California Gas Co. on Monday agreed to pay $46 million to settle a lawsuit by a motorcyclist who was struck and badly injured by a company driver who suffered an epileptic seizure.
Read More »County board votes to settle medical malpractice case over botched surgery
CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s board of commissioners have voted for a nearly $4 million settlement of a malpractice lawsuit filed after an alleged botched heart surgery at Chicago’s Stroger Hospital. Lawyers for Jaime Flores alleged Stroger physicians made a “very unfortunate and grossly improper decision” to perform a bedside pericardiocentesis on Flores in 2013. The lawyers argued removing fluid ...
Read More »Health care company to pay $270M over improper billing practices
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A health care company has agreed to pay $270 million to resolve allegations it provided inaccurate information to Medicare, federal prosecutors said Monday. DaVita Medical Holdings admitted to practices that caused incorrect diagnosis codes to be submitted in order to obtain inflated payments, according to the U.S. Justice Department. California-based HealthCare Partners, which DaVita acquired in ...
Read More »Federal judge signs off on juvenile-prison deal
A federal judge has signed off on an agreement that would end the use of pepper spray and nearly eliminate the use of solitary confinement inWisconsin's juvenile prisons.
Read More »Wisconsin, tribe reach settlement in hemp lawsuit
A northern Wisconsin tribe has reached a settlement with the state's attorney general over its plans to grow hemp.
Read More »Lawsuit settled for student disciplined for pro-Trump shirt
An Oregon high school student disciplined for wearing a T-shirt promoting a border wall reached a settlement of his lawsuit against the school district, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Read More »AutoZone to pay $3M settlement for fatal crash
Auto parts retailer AutoZone has agreed to pay $3.3 million to the families of three people who were killed when one of the company's trucks struck their car.
Read More »Milwaukee to pay $3.4M over police stop-and-frisk policy
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee officials have agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its police department had officers target black and Latino residents without probable cause tthrough a “stop-and-frisk” policy. The Milwaukee Common Council approved the settlement Tuesday, and Mayor Tom Barrett is expected to sign it immediately. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sued the ...
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