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*** U.S. Defendants have paid as much as $9 million to settle wrongful-death claims stemming from last year's Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion, an unusually high figure inflated by the companies' interest in avoiding another wave of bad publicity from the incident.
World Watch 2011
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In the wrongful-death claims, the final payouts to families of the 11 dead workers are likely to vary widely.
Death Payouts in BP Spill Start at $8 Million Dionne Searcey 2011
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Viewers are also introduced to the season's ongoing plotline, which hovers over the show's various murder cases: a wrongful-death lawsuit against the LAPD's Major Crimes deputy chief Brenda Leigh Johnson that threatens to take her whole team down with her.
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The settlements, according to lawyers on both sides, are several million dollars higher than in similar types of wrongful-death cases.
Death Payouts in BP Spill Start at $8 Million Dionne Searcey 2011
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In the wrongful-death suit, filed Aug. 17 in Brooklyn Supreme Court, Mr. Kletzky claims that his son was walking home from summer camp and was "without justification or excuse, abducted, held hostage against his will" at Mr. Aron's home before being "terrorized, physically and psychologically assaulted."
Victim's Parents Sue Alleged Killer Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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Meanwhile, at least 10 wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed against Massey Energy Co., owner of the Upper Big Branch mine, by families of deceased miners.
Mine-Blast Probe to Detail Failures Kris Maher 2011
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Espina's relatives have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Jackson and the county.
Starkly different accounts in man's fatal shooting by Prince George's officer 2011
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Espina's relatives have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Jackson and the county.
Starkly different accounts in man's fatal shooting by Prince George's officer 2011
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Espina's relatives have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Jackson and the county.
Starkly different accounts in man's fatal shooting by Prince George's officer 2011
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After dealing with investor fraud, environmental contamination and a Ponzi scheme, Season 4 will find Damages visiting Afghanistan and taking on the military-industrial complex, as a wrongful-death lawsuit involving Ellen's high school friend Chris Messina leads to a web of high-stakes treachery.
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