Posted on 06/23/2017 10:30:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The insurance company for the city of Ferguson, Missouri, paid $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown's parents, the city attorney said Friday.
Attorney Apollo Carey disclosed the amount in an email in response to an open records request. The settlement of the federal lawsuit was announced Tuesday, but financial details were not initially released.
Carey declined further comment on the settlement. A phone message seeking comment from the attorney for the family, Anthony Gray, was not immediately returned.
Brown, 18, was black and unarmed when he was fatally shot by white officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. Wilson was cleared of wrongdoing, but the shooting led to months of protests in the St. Louis suburb.
Wilson resigned in November 2014, soon after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict him. The U.S. Department of Justice found no grounds to prosecute Wilson, but the shooting led to a Justice Department investigation that resulted in a consent agreement requiring Ferguson to make significant changes to address racial bias in its police department and municipal court.
Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley McSpadden sued the city, former Police Chief Tom Jackson and Wilson in 2015, citing a police culture hostile to black residents and claiming Wilson used excessive force.
Ferguson, Jackson and Wilson denied the allegations.
The parents also argued that the death of their son deprived them of financial support through his future potential wages.
U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber approved the settlement but disclosed nothing about the amount, saying only that it was "fair and reasonable compensation for this wrongful death claim and is in the best interests of each Plaintiff," with the money to be split between the parents.
Webber also wrote that the agreement "shall remain sealed by this Court and shall be considered a closed record" because disclosure of the information "could jeopardize the safety of individuals involved in this matter, whether as witnesses, parties, or investigators."
Settlements involving public money and public entities like cities are typically open under Missouri law, but Webber wrote that the value of opening the record "is outweighed by the adverse impact to Plaintiffs." He did not elaborate.
His family hits the lottery over their son's stupidity? Amazing.
Unreal.
They’ll be broke and back on welfare in 3-5 years.
Bet on it.....................
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What’s the cut for the legal team?
We didn’t do anything wrong but here’s a mil and a half to make you feel better. Don’t spend it all in a week or two. Idiots in the city government that approved this. Fools.
This is not an insurance company.
It’s a rigged slot machine.
“Have skin,... will travel.”
3-5 years? You are far too generous! 3-5 months more likely.
They will have blown everything in a couple of years.
BAD news. It will be a long, hot summer.
Why? Make the drug hustler attempted cop killer thief’s family make their case in court.
With all the advocacy lawyers on their side, a trail and appeals would have run over 1.5m. That much is obvious, the city saw that and settled. They could have fought it out and won but it would have cost more.
To determine the settlement amount, they must of added up all the potential, now impossible, strong-arm robbery "earnings".
Swisher Sweets and blunts for everyone until de money be gone.
Note to taxpayers: BOHICA!
reminiscent of the payments made by Palestinians to their martyrs
I don't even give them that long. On top of being dumber than rocks, they openly called for rioters to burn down businesses, they got in a legal battle with a relative selling T-shirts and made other enemies along the way. Those sharks are probably circling their monetary boat.
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