Posted on 06/20/2017 10:17:34 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
The family of Michael Brown, the city of Ferguson, former Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and former police Officer Darren Wilson are nearing settlement of a lawsuit over Brown’s 2014 fatal shooting by Wilson, the Post-Dispatch has learned.
The settlement has not yet been finalized or approved by a judge.
A person familiar with the settlement negotiations said that a settlement was close, however, and that it would be for less than $3 million.
It’s not clear how much less, but $3 million is the limit of the city’s insurance.
There was a conference call with the judge and lawyers about the case June 8, but the summary of the call has been sealed.
The Brown family lawyers filed a sealed document June 10.
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On Friday, lawyers for the city’s insurance company filed their own motion supporting the Brown family motion to seal documents. In a memo, the city’s lawyers also asked that any “proceedings” connected with the family’s motion be sealed, “including any hearings or conferences.”
Another conference call happened Monday morning, court records show.
Any settlement, once finalized, would have to be made public under Missouri’s open records law.
Anthony Gray, a lawyer for the family, said Friday that the case was still in limbo, but that the parties would “hopefully resolve it.”
“That’s always a goal,” he said later.
Asked why lawyers would try to close the courtroom to the public, Gray said, “There’s more to it than that, but I just can’t comment.”
Lawyers for the Ferguson defendants declined to comment Monday.
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How about 29 cents and two blunts.
So, how much do we think the officer he assaulted is going to get? Oh, sorry.
I predict: there will be gun violence over the distribution of the settlement.
The city should have been the ones suing his family for the damages from the riot the family pushed for. “Burn this Bitch down” were the exact words if I’m not mistaken.
Taxpayers should then sue the family to recover the money. When the city’s liability insurance premiums go up, taxpayers are gonna need it.
“I predict: there will be gun violence over the distribution of the settlement.”
Among family members as well. Wasn’t grandma the big t-shirt “entrepreneur”?
How about they get a kick in the ass and told to bugger off.
that’s what I meant. I guess I could have been clearer.
A 40oz of colt 45 and a carton of kool menthols ought to suffice
It wasn’t ‘Burn this b____ down.’ It was, ‘Burn this m_____ f_____ down.’
The second word rhymes with, ‘trucker.’
Didn’t they already make a load on the T-shirts?
Ah, I can see that now, thanks.
Another re-write of history...Mr. Brown, a bully, brought this on himself.
“Didn’t they already make a load on the T-shirts?”
A pantload, but then there was that altercation (and arrest?) among COMPETING family members.
Less than 3 million.That sob was committing a crime when he got shot.His family should get nothing at all.
Why is the local government rewarding criminal conduct?
Just shows that dim bulb, pothead Michael Brown is worth more to his (so called) family dead than alive. What $$$$ the family gets will be pissed away within months/
Don’t give his family $hi%, maybe a bag of skittles. The bum was useless while he was alive and didn’t legally support anyone. Why let his family get a windfall?
This sucks.
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