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Inmates Win $600,000 Settlement For Colorado Riot

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:39:43 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Nearly 200 inmates have won a $600,000 settlement for the way they were treated during a riot at a Colorado prison in 2004.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that 13 inmates were hospitalized after the riot at a private prison east of Pueblo

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Judge Refuses To Block BP Settlement Payouts

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:00:08 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected BP's request to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses who claim the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money

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Powell Hospital Settles With Management Company

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:57:04 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Powell Valley Healthcare has settled its lawsuit against a management company over a former hospital CEO charged with bilking the organization of $848,000.

The Associated Press reported Thursday the amount of the settlement with HealthTech Management Services hasn't been disclosed

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Indian Trust Settlement Could Bring $8M To Wyoming

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:51:45 +0000

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — A legal settlement that will provide payments to hundreds of thousands of American Indian trust beneficiaries could bring between $6 million and $8 million to Wyoming in the weeks ahead

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Federal Judge Urged To Approve BP Settlement

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:23:04 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP and a team of attorneys are urging a federal judge to give final approval to a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is hearing arguments Thursday from lawyers who negotiated the deal and attorneys [...]

Torrington Will Pay $25K To Settle Lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:12:14 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A former state senator says the city of Torrington will pay him $25,000 to settle his First Amendment lawsuit for city officials banning him from city buildings.

Russell Zimmer had filed the lawsuit in federal court against the city of Torrington, Mayor Michael E

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Couple Settles Lawsuit Over House Explosion

Associated Press — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:39:49 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. has reached a settlement with a couple that sued the company over an explosion at their former home in Powell in 2006.

The Associated Press reports the couple's attorney notified a judge last month that the sides had reached a confidential settlement

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Colorado To Get $205 Million In Foreclosure Relief

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:21:08 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says Colorado will get about $205 million as part of a multistate settlement with the nation's five largest national banks over home foreclosures

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BP Settles With Maker Of Failed Blowout Preventer

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:51 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday

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$210M Settlement Reached In W.Va. Mine Explosion

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:22:50 +0000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The new owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion agreed Tuesday to pay a record $210 million to cover fines, compensate victims' grieving families and improve underground safety

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