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File #: 19-1084    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/10/2019 In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
On agenda: 10/21/2019 Final action: 10/21/2019
Title: A resolution authorizing and approving the expenditure and payment from the appropriation account designated "liability claims," the sum of Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($975,000.00), of which $583,165.00 will be paid to the law firm of Benezra & Culver, and $391,835.00 will be paid to Colley Fisher for wages and compensatory damages, in payment and satisfaction of all claims and appeals filed by the parties in the litigation matters captioned "Fisher v. City and County of Denver," commenced in the United States District Court, District of Colorado, Case No. 16-cv-01796-RPM, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Case No. 19-1184. Settles a claim involving the Denver Fire Department. This item was discussed at the Mayor-Council meeting on 10-8-19. This item was approved for filing at Mayor-Council at its meeting on 10-8-19.
Attachments: 1. Resolution_19-1084_Fisher Settlement.pdf, 2. 19-1084 Filed Resolution_Fisher Settlement, 3. 19-1084 - signed

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A resolution authorizing and approving the expenditure and payment from the appropriation account designated “liability claims,” the sum of Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($975,000.00), of which $583,165.00 will be paid to the law firm of Benezra & Culver, and $391,835.00 will be paid to Colley Fisher for wages and compensatory damages, in payment and satisfaction of all claims and appeals filed by the parties in the litigation matters captioned “Fisher v. City and County of Denver,” commenced in the United States District Court, District of Colorado, Case No. 16-cv-01796-RPM, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Case No. 19-1184.

Settles a claim involving the Denver Fire Department. This item was discussed at the Mayor-Council meeting on 10-8-19. This item was approved for filing at Mayor-Council at its meeting on 10-8-19.

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