Indiana town paying $150K to settle sex harassment claim
The northwestern Indiana town of St. John has agreed to pay a former police dispatcher $150,000 to settle her sexual harassment claim against a former police official and town councilman.
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Bill expanding AG’s standing in settlements divides committee
A bill expanding the Indiana Attorney General’s ability to intervene in certain settlements that do not involve constitutional issues cleared a Statehouse committee Monday on a party-line vote. The measure advances to the full Senate.
State pays $1.2M to settle suit over DCS search of vet’s office
The state of Indiana will pay an Indianapolis veterinarian $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit she filed claiming a Department of Child Services case manager conducted an illegal search of her office then posted a notice falsely informing her that her children had been removed from her home.
South Bend settles drowning death lawsuit for $12K
A family that accused South Bend of being negligent in their daughter’s drowning death has settled a lawsuit for $12,000.
COA reversal: Trial court error would have doubled estate’s obligation
A trial court order in an intergenerational trust dispute was reversed Tuesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals, which held the court clearly erred in a ruling that would have obligated an estate to pay twice the amount it received from a prior trust.
Indiana city to pay $100K in medical information settlement
A southern Indiana city has agreed to pay $100,000 as part of a settlement after a city police officer’s personal medical information was disclosed at a public meeting.
Indiana seeks input on spending $41M Volkswagen settlement
State officials are debating how to spend Indiana's nearly $41 million share of a Volkswagen court settlement.
Indiana undecided on how to spend $41M Volkswagen settlement
Indiana officials have yet to decide how to use the $41 million the state will receive from a settlement federal regulators reached with Volkswagen, which cheated on emissions tests.
Republican proposes switch to voting centers in Marion County as lawsuit heats up
The new Republican appointee to the Marion County Election Board is already making waves with a proposal to replace traditional polling places with voting centers in the county.
CFPB settles with owners of Wall Street’s worst student debt
The agreement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was filed in Delaware federal court and still requires a judge’s approval, calls for an audit that consumer lawyers have called unprecedented.
$70,000 settlement reached in Anderson housing lawsuit
A $70,000 settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination and sexual harassment by employees of the Anderson Housing Authority.
2 retirees banned from Muncie schools settle with district
Two retired educators who sued Muncie Community Schools for banning them from school property after they criticized the district have reached settlements lifting the ban and awarding each of them $15,000.
Indiana county pays ex-inmates $1.23M in mistreatment case
A southern Indiana county has paid a $1.23 million settlement to former inmates who say they were mistreated at a county jail in Indiana.
Damages in DCS abuse cases piling up
Indiana officials expect to settle a federal damages lawsuit in a second case where a court has found a Department of Child Services case manager violated the constitutional rights of a parent.
BMV intentionally overcharged, lawyer says after fresh settlement
The Indiana Bureau of Motor vehicles intentionally overcharged some 5.5 million Hoosiers for years, even after its misconduct was pointed out, said an attorney whose firm announced the second settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the agency.
Lawsuit settlement means more refunds for motorists
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has agreed to repay motorists more than $62 million it collected in excessive fees to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Anthem agrees to $115M settlement over data breach
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.
State’s $25 million payout in DCS abuses case is the largest ever of its kind
The Indiana attorney general and Department of Child Services’ decision to settle a lawsuit brought by a wrongly prosecuted family yielded the largest payment of its type in state history.
State agrees to pay family $25M to settle DCS case
Indiana will pay $25 million to conclude a northern Indiana family’s decade-long legal fight to clear their names after the Department of Child Services falsely prosecuted them for their daughter’s death.
Indiana gets over $600K in Target data breach settlement
Indiana will receive over $600,000 from an $18.5 million settlement with Target Corp. to resolve a multi-state probe into the discounter's pre-Christmas data breach in 2013.