Tag: Legal settlements
South Carolina county OKs $10 million jail death settlement
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina county has agreed to pay $10 million to the family of a man with mental health issues whom...
Sheriff settles lawsuit over 2013 deputy shooting for $2.5M
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff's department has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the mother of a man who was fatally shot...
University of California drops SAT scores for admission
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California won't consider SAT and ACT scores that are submitted with admission and scholarship applications under a settlement...
2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers...
University of California drops SAT scores for admission
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California won't consider SAT and ACT scores that are submitted with admission and scholarship applications under a settlement...
2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages
RALEIGH, N.C. — A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers...
NFL families seek to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement
<p>PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to...
$9M settlement for 2 men wrongfully sent to death row
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriff’s deputies agreed on Friday to a $9 million settlement with two intellectually disabled half...
NJ Transit settles suits in deadly crash at commuter station
<p>HOBOKEN, N.J. — NJ Transit has reached settlements in lawsuits filed by the family of a woman killed and people injured in a 2016...
NFL families seek to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement
PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to...