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Another proposal by Ratliff would have directed the superintendent to provide a report to the board detailing the district's annual expenses over the last five years for the costs of litigation, awards, settlements and other costs related to criminal actions at district schools.

He was among a group of needy pre-1980 players who were awarded settlements although they did not qualify for standard pensions.

The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a law Thursday that capped the amount of damages that could be awarded in malpractice lawsuits, saying that it interfered with juries' constitutional powers to award settlements in civil cases.

Set apart by his success, More has obtained some of the largest Workers' Compensation awards and settlements in California history a $14.7 million settlement after one day of trial for a 22-year-old tetraplegic and over $10 million in benefits to a 19-year-old with a brain injury.

Smith Barney eventually paid a hundred and fifty million dollars in arbitration awards and settlements to resolve the case.

Absent some changes, the cost of awards and settlements could double in a decade.

— and cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars in damage awards and settlements.

Of these 10 complaints, four resulted in awards or settlements, four were dismissed, one was withdrawn and one is pending.

A company spokesman, David M. Monfried, said, "Jury awards and settlements are coming in much higher than we thought they would".

Many of those units are obstetric wards, where medical mistakes have historically led to expensive jury awards and settlements.

They have been a financial disaster for the church, which has paid an estimated $1 billion or more in damage awards and settlements.