TORT REPORT: When a settlement isn’t settled
When a settlement is reached between the parties, there often remains much in the way of details to iron out.
State settles with Agro over cleanup money misuse
The state has settled a more than $1 million dispute with Agro Distribution LLC, its owner and their insurers over alleged misuse of environmental cleanup money.
Cullen reaches settlement over Milwaukee City Hall facade work
Janesville-based J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. signed a settlement deal Friday with the city of Milwaukee over facade work on City Hall.
Power co. settles over Oak Creek bluff collapse
Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Milwaukee, will pay the state $100,000 in fines and fees in a settlement related to a 2011 bluff collapse caused by the company’s retention pond construction project at its Oak Creek Power Plant.
Milwaukee close to offering City Hall facade settlement
Milwaukee is one step closer to settling with contractors involved in the City Hall facade lawsuit.
Utilities settle with EPA over air pollution
Wisconsin utilities have agreed to spend more than $1 billion to clean up aging coal-fired power plants under a settlement with federal regulators announced Monday.
Minority contractors, Milwaukee will miss settlement deadline (UPDATE)
Minority contractors and the city of Milwaukee won’t meet their Friday deadline to settle a lawsuit over hiring practices. But they aren’t giving up.
BP civil settlement remains elusive as trial nears
The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states affected by a massive oil spill nearly three years ago have indicated they would like to settle their environmental and economic claims with BP PLC ahead of a trial scheduled to start next week.
Judge approves Transocean’s $1B spill settlement
A federal judge on Tuesday approved Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to pay $1 billion in civil penalties for its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Wisconsin part of Toyota’s $29M safety settlement
Toyota said Thursday it will pay $29 million to 29 states and American Samoa as part of a settlement related to its safety recalls.
Toyota settles two sudden-acceleration cases
Toyota has settled two high-profile cases involving sudden unintended acceleration that were set for trial in February, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles.
Legal News
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- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
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- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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