A California jury continued deliberations Friday in a wrongful death case involving a woman who died of acute water intoxication after participating in a local radio station promotion, the Sacramento Bee reports. Jurors reportedly asked the judge for a 10-digit adding machine, a request one legal observer said could signal an impending verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. “They must have decided on liability,” said McGeorge School of Law professor Lawrence C. Levine. “Now they’re playing with very big numbers.”

A Rhode Island family has filed a wrongful death claim accusing the city of Providence of negligence in the drowning death of a 9-year-old boy earlier this year, the Providence Journal reports. Jameson Auciel died after he and another child were found floating face down in the McGrane Pool city pool on Aug. 20. The other child survived. The claim seeks combined damages of $15 million. The city has 40 days to respond to the claim.

An Ohio adoption agency was negligent for placing two children with adoptive parents who kept them in cages, a lawsuit filed last week claims. According to the lawsuit, filed by the now 17 and 18-year-old plaintiffs, the Hamilton County Department of Job & Family Services failed to conduct an adequate background check on the couple before placing the children with them in 1998. The adoptive parents, Michael and Sharen Gravelle, have since been imprisoned for child endangerment and child abuse.

A Pennsylvania-based company has expanded its recall of women’s robes following the deaths of nine consumers. The robes, manufactured in Pakistan for Blair LLC, were originally recalled in April after the company received reports of the robes catching fire. The current recall covers full-length women’s chenille robes and three other chenille products made by A-One Textile & Towel and sold at Blair catalogs, online and at Blair stores in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

A federal judge has approved a $336 million class-action settlement in a lawsuit over foreign credit card transaction fees. According to the lawsuit, Visa, MasterCard and other companies conspired to charge cardholders inflated fees for purchases made in non-U.S. dollars. More than 10 million claims were filed to participate in the settlement, the judge who approved the accord wrote.

A jury awarded $12.75 million in damages to a former Seattle firefighter who fell down an unguarded firehouse pole, the Seattle Times reports. According to court papers, Mark Jones suffered severe injuries from the fall after mistakenly walking through the door leading to the fire pole. Jones had been assigned to temporary duty at the firehouse where the accident occurred.

A Florida hospital has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a lawsuit filed by the husband of a former hospital employee who committed suicide. Robert J. Powell alleged that Englewood Community Hospital did nothing to halt a pervasive pattern of sexual harassment that led to his wife’s suicide. A trial in the lawsuit had been scheduled to begin this week.

A former altar boy will receive $1.2 million as part of settlement with a Catholic diocese in Illinois, the Bellville News Democrat reports. According to the lawsuit, the unidentified plaintiff was sexually abused by former Rev. Raymond Kownacki. An attorney for the plaintiff said the settlement was negotiated last week and the money has been received by his client.

Montana police and sheriff’s deputies were negligent in the death of Billings nurse killed by drunken driver involved in a pursuit with officers, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. According to the lawsuit, law enforcement agencies involved in the chase violated their own pursuit policies. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a Boston bank of defrauding two of the state’s largest employee pension funds, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the lawsuit, whistleblowers reported that State Street Corp. bilked California Public Employees’ Retirement System and California State Teachers’ Retirement System out of $57 million. The lawsuit seeks more than $200 million in damages and penalties.