Settlement

Ex-Deputy Settles Final Lawsuit With Chelan County For $1.5 Million
Ex-Deputy Settles Final Lawsuit With Chelan County For $1.5 Million
Ex-Deputy Settles Final Lawsuit With Chelan County For $1.5 Million
The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has settled a lawsuit with one of its former deputies for $1.5 million. The suit was the last of several actions brought over the past eleven years by Jennifer Tyler, who had previously won a lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office for unfair employment practices...
Tyson To Pay WA State $10.5-Million Over Price Fixing Allegations
Tyson To Pay WA State $10.5-Million Over Price Fixing Allegations
Tyson To Pay WA State $10.5-Million Over Price Fixing Allegations
(Seattle, WA)  --  Tyson Foods will pay Washington state ten-and-a-half million dollars to resolve a price-fixing lawsuit over chicken.  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says that since 2008, 19 broiler chicken producers coordinated price increases.  Arkansas-bas...
Alaska Airlines Pilots Approve New Contract
Alaska Airlines Pilots Approve New Contract
Alaska Airlines Pilots Approve New Contract
(Seattle, WA)  --  Pilots with Alaska Airlines have voted to approve a new contract with the company.  After nearly three years of negotiations over better wages and working conditions, 96-percent of eligible Alaska pilots cast ballots to vote on the deal.  Eighty-two-p...
Washington to Get $518m From Opioid Distributor Settlement
Washington to Get $518m From Opioid Distributor Settlement
Washington to Get $518m From Opioid Distributor Settlement
(Seattle, WA)  --  Three drug distributors will pay Washington half-a-billion for its role in the opioid epidemic.  Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the completion of the 518-million-dollar settlement Monday.  The money will be used for prevention, treatment and recovery.  The settlement ha...