A Glendale, Calif., hotel has reached a settlement with three women who claimed to have been bitten by bed bugs during their stay. One of the women said she was bitten 167 times by bed bugs while staying at the Rodeway Inn-Regalodge Motel. The amount of the settlement was undisclosed.
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Marin County, Calif., officials have agreed to a $1.9 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the local sheriff’s department for improper use of a stun gun. According to the suit, sheriff’s deputies repeatedly shocked a 66-year-old man with a stun gun in his home in 2009. The officers had responded to a call saying the man had fallen and was potentially a suicide risk. The man, who was sitting on his couch when officers arrived, was immediately shot with the gun when he stood up. |
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The former CEO of Anheuser-Busch, August Busch IV, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed over the accidental overdose of his girlfriend at his St. Louis home in December. The autopsy showed she died of an oxycodone overdose. The lawsuit was filed by the woman’s ex-husband on behalf of her eight-year-old son. There will be no charges filed against Busch, the St. Louis County prosecutor announced. |
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A lawsuit has been settled over the death of an 17-year-old girl in Plainville, Mass., who drowned in 2008 after wandering away from an outdoor underage drinking party. The lawsuit targeted the two people who allegedly supplied the alcohol for the party. The terms of the settlement were undisclosed. |
Settlements have been reached in two lawsuits filed after a 2009 canal breach in Utah killed a mother and her two children. The suits targeted a group of entities, including the city of Logan and Utah State University, claiming they were all aware there were dangers associated with the Logan Northern Canal but failed to fix them or warn the public. The suits – one filed by the husband of the deceased, the other by a neighbor whose home was damaged – were settled for undisclosed amounts.
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Hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina. More than 30 patients died after the hospital lost power and temperatures rose to over 100 degrees. The suit claims the hospital “wasn’t prepared to care for patients and had no emergency plan to evacuate.” The terms of the settlement were undisclosed. |
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A judge has approved a $3.25 million settlement in a lawsuit against the federal government over a crash that resulted in the deaths of a Birch Run, MI, man and his daughter. The man and his daughter were on their way to school when they were struck by a vehicle driven by a U.S. marshal in 2008. |
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The city of Oakland has agreed to a $412,500 settlement in a lawsuit filed against the city by a man whose arm was broken during a police crackdown at an Oakland Raiders game. According to the suit, a fight broke out in the stands during a Raiders-49ers game in 2008 a few rows from the plaintiff. One of the police officers who responded tackled the plaintiff, bending his arm back and snapping his elbow, even though he was not involved in the fight. |
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A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against a Connecticut lakeside bar stemming from a fatal 2008 drunken boating accident. The lawsuit claimed bartenders at Down the Hatch continued to serve a man who was well beyond the legal blood alcohol limit. The man then drove off in his boat and caused the fatal accident, the suit stated. The amount of the settlement was undisclosed. |
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Book seller Barnes & Noble has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit filed over the screen design of the company’s Nook electronic book reader. The suit, filed by the company Spring Design, claimed the book giant violated a nondisclosure agreement the two had when it used the Spring Design technology in Nook. All the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Spring Design did grant Barnes & Noble a nonexclusive license for “all of its patents and patent applications.” |
