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Alton Sterling lawyers are willing to settle their lawsuit for $4.5m, except for 1 change
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:07 pm
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Lawyers for Alton Sterling's five children are willing to settle their wrongful death lawsuit against the city-parish for $4.5 million, but only if the East Baton Rouge Metro Council agrees to pay the money over three years instead of five years.
The Metro Council on Feb. 10 approved a settlement offer which proposed paying $1 million upfront out of the city-parish's Insurance Reserve Funds, with the remaining $3.5 paid out of the municipality's annual operating budget in equal installments over the next four years.
The revised offer — which will appear before the Metro Council on March 10 — proposes paying $2 million upfront with the remaining $2.5 million paid out over two years, according to a copy of the agenda item. It doesn't specify where the funds will come from, though that information is not required.
Mayor Pro Tem LaMont Cole confirmed that negotiations among city-parish attorneys and Sterling's family lawyers yielded the new proposal, and said that if it gets the green light from the parish's Finance Department, he expects it to pass.
"If this payment arrangement doesn’t disrupt the budget, then I think it's wise for us to move forward with all deliberate speed for the sake of our city," Cole said.
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Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:07 pm to SPEEDY
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Mayor Pro Tem LaMont Cole
The one person who is dumber and fatter than Gravy.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:08 pm to SPEEDY
The good news is it will frivolously make it back into the tax base because I am sure it will be spent rapidly.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:08 pm to SPEEDY
Weren’t the officers found innocent? He should receive nothing.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:08 pm to SPEEDY
Sounds like the bus taxes are going up for EBR again soon
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:08 pm to SPEEDY
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Lawyers for Alton Sterling's five children are willing to settle their wrongful death lawsuit against the city-parish
What wrongful death?
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:09 pm to SPEEDY
I'm sure they are. It's free money for doing absolutely nothing.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:09 pm to SPEEDY
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"If this payment arrangement doesn’t disrupt the budget
If the parish has $4.5M laying around, why had it not been returned to the taxpayers?
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:10 pm to SPEEDY
The attorneys want their cut now.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:11 pm to Meauxjeaux
It’s insurance that covers it. It’s not $4.5m laying around. Hence the taxes or fees going up because the premiums are going to go up.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:11 pm to SPEEDY
It’s a travesty. Some worthless thugs child molesting family are gonna be millionaires meanwhile hard working people are having their livelihoods destroyed.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:12 pm to doubleb
Everyone wants their cut sooner rather than later.
Alton Jr needs it to pay his attorneys to keep him from getting his balls chopped off and flushed down a toilet at Angola.
Alton Jr needs it to pay his attorneys to keep him from getting his balls chopped off and flushed down a toilet at Angola.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:13 pm to LSUtiger89
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It’s insurance that covers it. It’s not $4.5m laying around. Hence the taxes or fees going up because the premiums are going to go up.
Negative.
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The Metro Council on Feb. 10 approved a settlement offer which proposed paying $1 million upfront out of the city-parish's Insurance Reserve Funds, with the remaining $3.5 paid out of the municipality's annual operating budget in equal installments over the next four years.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:19 pm to SPEEDY
Maybe they think that the St George suit goes away by then and EBR’s kitty shrinks significantly after 2 years.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:20 pm to fr33manator
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It’s a travesty
Yes it is. Max amount recoverable in general damages for the death is $500K total and the max amount recoverable for his personal injury is $500K. You add in economic damages in the form of loss of support to the minor children and you get nowhere close to this proposed settlement amount. If the defense attorneys recommended it, they’ve collectively committed legal malpractice. One of the plaintiffs attorneys has been mentioned as a candidate for U.S. Attorney appointment. This case should be tried.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:21 pm to jlovel7
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Weren’t the officers found innocent? He should receive nothing.
We want his chillrin to feel better about demselves.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:22 pm to CaptainJ47
Fukin Rims and Wings.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
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LaMont
Big dummy.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
Fill up Councilwoman Denise Amoroso’s email box opposing this move. She would be the most likely council person to not go along with it that had earlier voted yes. Take it to trial.
DAMOROSO@brla.gov
DAMOROSO@brla.gov
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
I wonder if anyone is helping explain to the family that 40% will go to taxes and i would wager to say that 20-30% of the money will go to the lawyers.
Not that it’s nothing but out of that, the family will keep about 1.5 million after it’s all said and done
Not that it’s nothing but out of that, the family will keep about 1.5 million after it’s all said and done
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