Explanation
This Ordinance is submitted to settle the lawsuit known as Holly Herron, as Executor of the Estate of Sonia Bray v. City of Columbus, et al., Case No. 12CV-15238 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, in the amount of one million one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars and zero cents ($1,125,000.00). Holly Herron’s claim arises out of the provision of emergency medical services and transport to Sonia Bray, during which she went into cardiac arrest and later died.
On December 12, 2012, Ms. Herron, as Executor of the Estate of Sonia Bray, filed a lawsuit in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 12CV-15238, against the City of Columbus, the Columbus Division of Fire, James Hingst, James Amick, Michael Ream, Jeffrey McLain, Stephen Smallsreed, and Lana Moore in which she claimed emergency medical services were provided on January 31, 2011 in a willful or wanton manner to Ms. Bray. During the time of treatment and transport to an emergency department, Ms. Bray suffered cardiac arrest, was revived at the hospital, and subsequently died two days later. The Columbus Division of Fire, Michael Ream, Jeffrey McLain, Stephen Smallsreed, and Lana Moore have been previously dismissed from the civil action prior to mediation and settlement.
Funds were not specifically budgeted for this settlement; however, sufficient monies are available within the Special Income Tax Fund for this purpose.
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To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit known as Holly Herron, as Executor of the Estate of Sonia Bray v. City of Columbus, et al. pending in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; to authorize the expenditure of the sum of $1,125,000.00 in settlement of this lawsuit; and to declare an emergency. ($1,125,000.00)
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WHEREAS, on December 12, 2012, a lawsuit was filed by the Estate of Sonia Bray in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 12CV-15238, against the City of Columbus, the Columbus Division of Fi...
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