Number
160292
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing payment of judgment plus interest awarded to plaintiff Ferol, LLC and payment of judgment awarded to plaintiff Six Star Holdings LLC in litigation entitled Six Star Holdings, LLC and Ferol, LLC v. City of Milwaukee, and authorizing the court-mediated settlement of related attorney’s fees.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the payment of judgment awarded in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin including interest in the amount of $435,500.00 plus interest of $2,830.75, totaling $438,330.75 made payable to the Jeff Scott Olson Law Firm Trust Account on behalf of plaintiff Ferol, LLC, and $1.00 nominal damages award to plaintiff Six Star Holdings, LLC made payable to the Jeff Scott Olson Law Firm Trust Account, and the settlement of the district court award of attorney’s fees, expenses and costs and subsequent supplemental appellate attorney’s fees petition in the amount of $530,000.00 in full and final settlement of all claims for attorney’s fees, costs, expenses as set forth below.
Body
Whereas, Plaintiffs filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin entitled Six Star Holdings, LLC and Ferol, LLC v. City of Milwaukee, Case No. 10-CV-893 and, having judgment awarded for the plaintiffs in the district court for damages plus interest totaling $438,330.75, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirming said judgment in Case No. 15-1608; and,
Whereas, Plaintiffs and the City of Milwaukee conducted a mediated settlement for all of the trial and appellate attorney’s fees, costs and expenses totaling $530,000.00 in Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 15-3418; and,
Whereas, The City Attorney recommends that the City of Milwaukee make payment on the judgment amount plus interest and court-mediated settlement for attorney’s fees, costs and ...
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