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$2 million settlement in Cowtown Taser-death case

Reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:The city of Fort Worth has offered a record $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed with a Taser during a confrontation with police last year.The City Council is scheduled to vote on the settlement Tuesday, according to an agenda posted online Friday.It's the biggest lawsuit settlement Fort Worth has ever offered in a case involving death or injury, Assistant City Attorney Gerald Pruitt said.The city paid $750,000 to the families of four people who drowned in the Water Gardens in 2004, but that case was in state court, where there's a limit on damages that plaintiffs can win from a government entity."This is a civil-rights case; there's no cap," Pruitt said. The city is not admitting liability...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 16, 2010 (boomark / email).