Washington State Lawsuit Payouts Skyrocket to More than $500M in Past Year

Washington state lawsuit payouts skyrocket to more than $500M in past year • Washington State Standard

Washington state lawsuit payouts skyrocket to more than $500M in past year

For years, foster parents in Eatonville abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there. Read more...

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Lawsuit Payouts in Washington State top $500 Million in one Year

OLYMPIA, WA – For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there. That was, until a landmark ruling in their case in 2018 expanded the state’s responsibility beyond the period when officials have custody of foster children. In the years since, the decision has provided a path for numero…

Penn State Settles Lawsuit

Anyone that was enrolled at Penn State during the beginning of the pandemic is due for a large settlement check.  It’s part of a 17-million-dollar class action settlement.  Several students claimed they paid for classes during the Spring 2020 semester and didn’t receive the services.  Payments for eligible students started going out last week.  Penn State has over 90-thousand students.

Penn State Settles Pandemic Era Lawsuit for $17M

Penn State students who were enrolled in classes at the beginning of the pandemic will now receive part of a $17 million class action settlement. The university moved classes online in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Students who paid tuition or other fees for the Spring 2020 semester later filed a lawsuit, claiming that the school did not provide the services that they paid for. Read more at ABC 6