Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1988

Year Resolved

1988

Settlement Amount

$725,000

Court

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Docket Number

86-55609 and 87-0531-Civ-Spellman

Lead State

FL

Participating States

FL

Defendant(s)

Waste Management Inc. of Florida and Lewis R. Goodman

Case Description

Florida sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that defendant, Waste Management, Inc. of Florida and certain of its former officers and employees engaged in a conspiracy with competitors to allocate the contracts for waste collection and disposal services for the state, its departments, agencies and units of government in Dade and Broward County, Florida. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, the defendant companies agreed to pay $725,000 in damages to the State of Florida.