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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: RummyChick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/21/michael-browns-parents-settle-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-ferguson/?utm_term=.95d0fc0ba081

Until recently, the case appeared headed to trial. The parties disclosed their expert witnesses to the court last month and were scheduled to turn over their depositions and other evidence this summer. A jury trial was set for February 2018.

But the judge referred the parties to alternative dispute resolution in April, according to court records. Two sealed documents were filed with the court this month, and attorneys for the family and the city held a 14-minute confidential telephone conference with the judge on Monday, the records show.


81 posted on 06/23/2017 11:18:18 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: Raymann

BS!

A REAL JUDGE would have thrown this “lawsuit” out in a NY second!


82 posted on 06/23/2017 11:18:19 AM PDT by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: Kazan

It’s a viable exit strategy in case the male offspring can’t make it to the NFL or NBA.


83 posted on 06/23/2017 11:18:20 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Uncle Sam 911
Idiots in the city government that approved this. Fools.

Its not their money, so what do they care?

84 posted on 06/23/2017 11:18:57 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: TigerClaws

It’ll be gone in 6 months.

L


85 posted on 06/23/2017 11:22:59 AM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: TigerClaws
The Officer needs to sue the family for wrongful assault and attempted murder!

Ed

86 posted on 06/23/2017 11:26:44 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: Cementjungle

They admitted their officer was wrong with this payment. They verified all the BLM trash, the riots, everything that happened.


87 posted on 06/23/2017 11:26:46 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: ptsal

My guess would be that attorney’s fees are also being paid in addition to the award.


88 posted on 06/23/2017 11:27:35 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt (Sehnsucht)
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To: VietVet876

Where is my purple drank to go with????? /sarc


89 posted on 06/23/2017 11:27:39 AM PDT by Klemper
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To: RummyChick

I doubt it. It’s not considered income, and some people just hide their assets because they think they are entitled to welfare.


90 posted on 06/23/2017 11:28:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Baynative

I forgot about the fights over the shirts. LOLOLOL

I will have to google every once in a while to see what disaster has fallen these people after their new found wealth.


91 posted on 06/23/2017 11:28:42 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

The “Gentle Giant” was trying to steal the officer’s gun and, therefore, was shot.

His family hits the lottery over their son’s stupidity? Amazing.

...

That was Obama’s America. We’re still paying for it.


92 posted on 06/23/2017 11:29:36 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Red Badger

They’ll be broke and back on welfare in 3-5 years.
Bet on it.....................Not necessarily, they could invest it and become even richer via lottery tickets. First will be a new car, a huge TV, a new home and a large scholarship fund for aspiring rappers.


93 posted on 06/23/2017 11:31:54 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again?)
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To: Red Badger

I am guessing within the year. Divided up among relatives and the lawyers there will be infighting and I bet shots fired then back to their current life of little to no money.


95 posted on 06/23/2017 11:36:23 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: onkelosII

I agree. And then when they riot and a few are arrested, we have to pay their legal fees, if they should get the rare sentence we pay for their incarceration and fictional rehabilitation.


97 posted on 06/23/2017 11:50:46 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Red Badger

I was thinking the same thing, only give them 6 months...

Neither one of those people cared a damn about that boy, or he wouldn’t have been where he didn’t belong...

They wanted money, they saw a ‘loophole’ and they took it...sometimes lives don’t matter!!!


98 posted on 06/23/2017 11:51:25 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: TigerClaws

Why?! He had just committed a strong-arm robbery and was walking down the middle of the street when Officer Wilson legitimately stopped to question him and was shot for his efforts. The family should have nothing coming to them for the actions of their thug family member. This was not a Walter Scott type murder.


99 posted on 06/23/2017 11:55:24 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: TigerClaws

They shouldn’t pay him a dime. BUT, this basically means that his lifetime earnings till Social Security age would be that amount.
Essentially, the insurance company decided he would be flipping burgers his entire life and that’s all.

That’s a funny silver lining and the closest insurance companies get to anything resembling “humor”.


100 posted on 06/23/2017 12:05:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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