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File #: 241671    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: In Committee
File created: 3/4/2025 In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution authorizing payment of the claim of Jesse Wilkinson in the amount of $25,000.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Attachments: 1. Wilkinson - Common Council Payee Letter.pdf, 2. Wilkinson - Settlement Draft.pdf, 3. Wilkinson - Fiscal Impact Statement.pdf

Number

241671

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

890916

Sponsor

THE CHAIR

Title

Resolution authorizing payment of the claim of Jesse Wilkinson in the amount of $25,000.

Analysis

This resolution authorizes payment of the claim of Jesse Wilkinson in the amount of $25,000.

Body

Whereas, The claimant, Jesse Wilkinson (C.I. File No. 1030-2023-953), through his attorneys, Gruber Law Offices, LLC, has filed a claim for damages against the City of Milwaukee pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 62.67, for injuries and damages incurred on May 15, 2023, as a result of a vehicle accident with an uninsured motorist; and

 

Whereas, The claimant has agreed to settle his claim in the amount of $25,000; and

 

Whereas, Pursuant to Common Council Resolution File No. 890916, the City Attorney’s Office retained the services of the law firm of Crivello Nichols & Hall, S.C., to administer the City of Milwaukee’s uninsured motorist self-insurance plan; and

 

Whereas, The law firm of Crivello, Nichols & Hall, S.C., recommends and the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee deems it expeditious and just to settle this claim; now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the proper city officers be and hereby are authorized and directed to issue a check in the amount of $25,000, payable to Gruber Law Offices, LLC--Trust Account and Jesse Wilkinson, 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, in full and final settlement of said claim, said check to be delivered to the City Attorney upon his request, said amount to be charged to the Damages and Claims Fund, Account No. 636505, Fund No. 0001, Organization No. 1490, Program No. 2632, Sub Class No. S118; and be it

 

Further Resolved, That the law firm of Crivello, Nichols & Hall, S.C., shall upon payment to claimant obtain a release of claim and deliver the original release to the City Attorney.

 

Requestor

City Attorney

Drafter

Naomi E. Sanders/cdr

February 11, 2025

1030-2023-953/296257