Almost all state fair claimants accept offers
The Indiana Attorney General's office said Wednesday that 63 of the 65 claimants have confirmed they'll accept the settlements over the State Fair stage collapse.
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AG: Nashville concert hall to pay ticket refunds
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says the owners of a southern Indiana concert hall destroyed in an arson nearly two years ago have agreed to refund $26,500 to ticketholders for cancelled shows.
Plea deal in fraud case provides restitution to Clabber Girl
A high-living Manhattan businesswoman accused of an audacious fraud that cost some of central Indiana’s marquee companies millions of dollars has cut a deal with prosecutors that would ensure she spends no more than 31 months in prison.
Local bar ordered to pay $45,000 to fired worker
The Wild Beaver Saloon in Broad Ripple agreed to the payment as part of a settlement reached Thursday. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the bar for allegedly firing the female employee because of her pregnancy.
Tomisue Hilbert settles suit over $15M policy
Tomisue Hilbert quietly settled a 3-year-old lawsuit last month over whether a controversial life insurance policy issued in 2006 on her mother, Suzy Tomlinson, was valid, and whether the beneficiary of the policy, J.B. Carlson, committed fraud.
Evangelical Baptist Missions settles legal dispute with IT vendor
Local not-for-profit said Ohio company was holding its website hostage.
UBS paying $677K to Indiana over ISTA trust fund investments
UBS Financial Services has agreed to pay state regulators $677,000 to settle a claim over investments by the Indiana State Teachers Association Insurance Trust.
Indy lawyer pays $371,000 to settle Fair Finance lawsuit
Fair Finance’s bankruptcy trustee says attorney Stephen Plopper and his wife are paying the full amount due under a loan that matured in 2006.
Fundex settles trademark suit with game inventor
Fundex Games Ltd. has given up its rights to the game Chronology to settle a suit brought last March by local inventor Jane Ruemmele.
Settlement struck in HHGregg dryer lawsuit
The deal, which could become final next month, stems from a lawsuit brought by a group of consumers accusing the Indianapolis-based appliance retailer of improperly installing dryer vents.
Former Allison exec settles suit alleging bribery
A former China-based executive of Allison Transmission has agreed to drop a lawsuit that claimed the company won business by bribing foreign officials. But it's likely that the firm still must deal with scrutiny from the Department of Justice, according to one legal expert.
Senior staffer settles retaliation lawsuit with IMA
A longtime senior manager at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has retired—the result of a settlement in a retaliation lawsuit she filed earlier this month.
Phase 10 inventor folds in dispute over top-selling card game
The inventor of the world's second-best-selling card game has settled a lawsuit with Fundex Games, the Plainfield company that markets and distributes Phase 10.
Indiana to get share of Botox settlement
Botox maker Allergan Inc. said it would pay $600 million to settle a years-long federal investigation into its marketing of the drug. Indiana will get $636,000 of that money.
Carmel law firm settles consumer claims in Vermont
Mossler Law Firm of Carmel agreed to cease all business in Vermont, refund about $79,500 in fees paid by Vermont residents
and pay $60,000 in civil penalties.
CNO Financial finalizes $10M life insurance settlement
CNO Financial Group Inc. has finalized plans to set up a $10 million fund to settle a multistate investigation into increases
in policy costs.
Agency settles stadium water damage claim for $6.2M
Flooding from a drainpipe malfunction caused extensive damage to Lucas Oil Stadium’s data center prior
to its opening in August 2008.
Judge rejects controversial Guidant plea agreement
The deal included a $296 million criminal fine, but no charges against executives who failed to properly report problems with the company's defibrillators.
Memory Gardens manager sought $3.2M, awarded $175,000
A Johnson County judge approved the reduced amount, which was agreed upon during mediation. The settlement brings funeral
home and
cemetery business a step closer to being sold.
Louisiana gets $20M in Lilly drug settlement
Louisiana was one of 13 states that filed individual suits in state courts over allegations that Lilly pushed Zyprexa for
uses that had not been approved by federal regulators.