The government agreed to a landmark settlement to repair the system and compensate those families harmed by it. It potentially ends many years of litigation.
Tag: Compensation for Damages (Law)
Canada and Indigenous People Settle Over Drinking Water
A court-approved settlement will compensate Indigenous people for the decades that many have lived with dirty water, and will also fund the clean up.
Boeing agrees to accept responsibility for crash of its 737 Max jet in Ethiopia.
The company will pay out successful compensation suits and allow victims’ families to file those suits in Illinois. Families agreed not to sue for punitive damages.
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post May Cost a Man in Defamation Case
An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.
Missing Apostrophe May Cost a Man in a Defamation Case
An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.
Germany Sets Aside an Additional $767 Million for Holocaust Survivors, Officials Say
Many of those now eligible for reparations are Russian Jews who survived the Nazi siege of Leningrad. They will receive annual pensions of about $5,200, or 4,500 euros.
‘Fake News’ Bill in South Korea Gets Shelved Amid Outcry
Right groups warned that a proposed new law would discourage the media from reporting critically on powerful people.
Cholera ‘Forever Destroyed’ U.N.’s Image in Haiti, Ban Ki-moon Says
In a memoir, the former secretary general said the United Nations should have done far more to combat a cholera scourge traced to peacekeepers. But he also criticized Haitian leaders and the lawyers who sued him.
Linda Reynolds, Australian Minister, Settles ‘Lying Cow’ Defamation Case
The fallout from the Brittany Higgins rape case and other sexual assault allegations continues to reverberate in the government.