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Athens County landlords settle for nearly half a million dollars in a case alleging sexual harassment of tenants by the property manager
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Grandchildren of a former Athens County landlord will pay nearly half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit alleging that he sexually harassed female tenants and… Read More
Menards is set to settle a multistate case involving allegations it misled customers about its rebate program
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Home-improvement retailer Menards has agreed to pay $4.25 million in a multistate settlement over allegations of deceptive rebate advertising. An investigation by Ohio and nine other… Read More
Ohio University paid $400,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a professor fired for sexual harassment
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University paid $400,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former journalism professor who was fired over claims that he sexually harassed two female students…. Read More
A judge has approved the $600 million settlement for residents near the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of… Read More
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for the details of a $600 million derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio want residents to talk… Read More
Council disputes continue to plague Nelsonville’s attempts to hire an attorney and settle a lawsuit
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Nelsonville City Council attempted at a special meeting Saturday to appoint a new city attorney and settle a lawsuit brought against the city by a… Read More
Kia and Hyundai agree to $200M settlement over car thefts
By: Emma Bowman | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Kia and Hyundai have agreed to a class-action lawsuit settlement worth about $200 million over claims that many of the Korean automakers’ cars are far too vulnerable… Read More
US Opioid Lawsuits On Verge Of Settlements With 4 Companies
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The yearslong effort by state and local governments in the U.S. to force the pharmaceutical industry to help pay to fix a nationwide opioid addiction and… Read More
Chaotic Talks Show Challenge of Reaching Opioid Settlement
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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For months, the judge overseeing national litigation over the opioids crisis urged all sides to reach a settlement that could end thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments…. Read More