McElwain Brothers Paint and Collision in Pennsylvania has paid $67,462 in back wages and damages to 12 workers to settle a federal Department of Labor complaint.

A Florida federal judge granted preliminary approval on Wednesday to a $299.1 million deal for Ford Motor Co. to exit multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. air bags and hasten the removal of dangerous air bag inflators from 6 million affected vehicles.

The same day a Missouri appellate panel affirmed a $37.5 million award in a suit accusing a motorist of negligently causing a highway accident resulting in a man’s paraplegia, Allstate Insurance Co. agreed to pay a $30.5 million settlement to resolve the issue.

A statewide auto body shop has agreed to pay approximately $1.5 million in penalties following an investigation started in Sacramento over improper disposal of hazardous materials.

Ford Motor Co. agreed to an economic loss settlement of $299.1 million covering at least 6 million U.S. vehicles with potentially faulty Takata air bag inflators.

A U.S. appeals court on Monday approved a $10 billion settlement between Volkswagen and car owners caught in the manufacturer's emissions cheating scandal.

In May, the U.S. Justice Department sued Fiat Chrysler, accusing them for illegally using software that led to excess emissions in nearly 104,000 U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2014.