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Ferguson attorney: Brown family settlement $1.5 million
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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.


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To: TigerClaws

Was it his dad or uncle who shouted “Burn it (Ferguson) down?”

Maybe some of the winnings should be returned to pay for reparations to the citizens of Ferguson for the damages sustained by the resulting looting/burning!


61 posted on 06/23/2017 11:03:31 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: TigerClaws

Check back in 5 years and I bet the money will be all gone.


62 posted on 06/23/2017 11:03:44 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Red Badger

Damn, that’s greedy even for lawyers.


63 posted on 06/23/2017 11:03:47 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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To: PLMerite

It’s in favor of the clients, though............B^)


64 posted on 06/23/2017 11:04:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: digger48

Om?

Dangit, I need a new bulb in my desk lamp


65 posted on 06/23/2017 11:04:40 AM PDT by digger48
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To: TigerClaws

$1.5 Million aint’ nothing, but it’s not nearly as much as I would have expected them to ‘shoot for’.

Their lawyer probably said, this kind of money you could have in your pocket in less that two years. If you sue for $25. Million, this will be tied up in court appeals, and you may never see a penny of it before you die. Plus, I won’t get anything from this either. Pro Bono only goes so far!


66 posted on 06/23/2017 11:05:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: TigerClaws

I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, but this is one time when I wish the federal death tax rate was 100%.


67 posted on 06/23/2017 11:05:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: TigerClaws

68 posted on 06/23/2017 11:05:18 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Gideon7

These are compensatory. No federal tax. Don’t know how their State handles.


69 posted on 06/23/2017 11:05:52 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: TigerClaws

An outrage.


70 posted on 06/23/2017 11:05:59 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: TigerClaws

“his future potential wages.”
A couple of convenience-store heists a week would have gotten him about $4,000 a year. That’s his future potential wages.


71 posted on 06/23/2017 11:07:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Le Pen: "Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on civilization.")
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To: RummyChick

btw, this will probably effect any welfare type subsidies they get..so there is that..at least.


72 posted on 06/23/2017 11:08:36 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: TigerClaws

Does Michael Brown’s grandmother get the net proceeds of the settlement since he was living with her the time of his death? I got the impression that Brown had effectively been abandoned by his mother and father, but now they get to cash in on his death?


73 posted on 06/23/2017 11:10:37 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

No, parents hit the jackpot. Grandmother...bupkus


74 posted on 06/23/2017 11:13:48 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: TigerClaws

What a way to make a buck. Raise a thug, have him attack and get shot by a police officer, make a victim of him and then cash in.


75 posted on 06/23/2017 11:13:53 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: TigerClaws

Everyone said their thug son was a worthless hoodlum, but everyone was wrong. They got rid of their problem and made a $1.5M profit on the deal. It’s almost worth raising a criminal and teaching him to assault police officers for that kind of money.


76 posted on 06/23/2017 11:15:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: TigerClaws

The only reason I can think of is that it’s cheaper than more riots.


77 posted on 06/23/2017 11:15:46 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: TigerClaws

The thug is truly worth far more dead than alive.

What was the basis for his income potential? Lists of annual value of goods stolen?


78 posted on 06/23/2017 11:15:53 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Cecily

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/533738274/michael-browns-parents-settle-wrongful-death-lawsuit-with-ferguson-mo

” That means the terms of the agreement will not be made public. It’s not clear whether the individuals named in the lawsuit are parties to the settlement.

But Webber said the details will remain secret because “disclosure of the terms of the settlement agreement could jeopardize the safety of individuals involved in this matter, whether as witnesses, parties, or investigators. The public policy to consider records open is outweighed by the adverse impact to Plaintiffs.”


79 posted on 06/23/2017 11:15:58 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s better. They’ll still blow through it in a year, if not six months.


80 posted on 06/23/2017 11:17:48 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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