Explanation
To authorize the City Attorney to settle a lawsuit filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, against the City of Columbus from an accident that occurred on August 6, 2007. The case of Willett v Haley, FCCCP Case No. 09-CVC-07-11126, has been settled by the City Attorney for $45,000.00.
Emergency designation is requested in order to disburse funds and settle the lawsuit as quickly as possible.
Fiscal Impact: Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000) were originally budgeted in the Division of Police's 2010 budget for the payment of judgements, claims and settlements. The current balance of approximately $201,000.00 is enough to pay this claim.
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To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle Willett v. Haley, FCCCP Case No. 09-CVC-07-11126, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) from the General Fund in settlement of this civil action, and to declare an emergency. ($45,000.00)
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WHEREAS, on July 24, 2009, Craig N. Willett filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Please for Franklin County, Ohio, against the City of Columbus arising out of an accident occurring on August 6, 2007;
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2007, Sergeant Aimee Haley of the Columbus Division of Police, while driving a police cruiser on non-emergency patrol, accidentally struck Craig N. Willett while Craig N. Willett was crossing Neil Avenue on foot at its intersection with Nationwide Boulevard;
WHEREAS, Craig N. Willett incurred medical bills amounting to $10,132.56 as a result of the August 6, 2007 accident;
WHEREAS, Craig N. Willett incurred lost wages amounting to $1,024.29 as a result of the August 6, 2007 accident;
WHEREAS, Craig N. Willett claims to have suffered the permanent loss of his sense of smell as a result of the August 6, 2007 accident;
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to settle this civil action in the total amount of Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($4...
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