Sandra Bland’s family has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, the family’s attorney said Thursday. The settlement includes compensation for Bland’s death as well as several changes to jail procedures in Waller County, Texas. Bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after she was arrested for failing to […]

According to court sources at the United District Court Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, the city has reached a settlement in the Tamir Rice case. The parties have reached the following settlement, which is subject to approval by the Probate Court. The City of Cleveland shall pay $6,000,000 to settle all claims by all […]

According to court sources at the United District Court Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, the city has reached a settlement in the Tamir Rice case. The parties have reached the following settlement, which is subject to approval by the Probate Court. The City of Cleveland shall pay $6,000,000 to settle all claims by all […]

The family of unarmed 50-year-old Walter Scott, who was shot and killed by a North Charleston, South Carolina police officer, has reached a $6.5 million…

The City of Baltimore is looking to reach a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray. ray, 25, died April 19, a week…

Almost one year to the day after he died at the hands of New York City police officers — an episode that fueled months of…

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  Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland show that U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has approved a settlement in the civil lawsuit filed…

  GEAUGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – A Geauga County Judge has approved a settlement for the families of three students killed in the February 2012…

  MIAMI — A Florida teenager’s Facebook post has cost her father an $80,000 legal settlement. The Miami Herald reports that father had sued Miami’s…

The two women shot and wounded by Los Angeles police during the manhunt for renegade ex-officer Christopher Dorner are “not doing well,” their attorney said…

NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day. Neither side provided many specifics but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear. “We want to play basketball,” Commissioner David Stern said. After a secret meeting earlier […]

The musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra and their management settled a strike on Tuesday that lasted little longer than a quick scherzo but made clear the tensions raised by difficult economic times across the orchestra world.