Number
240944
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing payment of judgment in Joseph Walker v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Case No. 20-CV-0487-NJ (E.D. Wis.).
Analysis
This resolution authorizes payment to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin relative to the lawsuit Joseph Walker v. City of Milwaukee, Case No. 20-CV-0487-NJ, for the total amount of $2,321,297.15.
Body
Whereas, Plaintiff Joseph Walker filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee and certain employees of the City of Milwaukee, Case No. 20-CV-0487-NJ, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; and
Whereas, the case was tried to jury from November 27, 2023 to December 1, 2023, and thereafter the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Defendant City of Milwaukee but returned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff on his claims against the named City employees; and
Whereas, on March 29, 2024, the Court docketed judgment awarding $2,000,000.00 in compensatory damages to the Plaintiff, Joseph Walker, as well as $239,373.00 in attorney’s fees, and $9,547.12 in taxable costs as against the named City employees; and
Whereas, on July 30, 2024, the Court docketed amended judgment awarding $1,000,000 in compensatory damages after granting, in part, Defendants’ motion to alter or amend judgment; and
Whereas, on October 11, 2024, the Court docketed amended judgment awarding $2,000,000 in compensatory damages after granting, in part, Plaintiff’s motion to alter or amend judgment; and
Whereas, the City of Milwaukee has a statutory obligation to indemnify City employees for judgments arising in the course and scope of their employment pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 895.46, and Plaintiff’s claims against the named City employees arose in the course and scope of their duties as City employees; and
Whereas, the City Attorney recommends and the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee deems it expe...
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