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County insurance, tribe reach $10 million settlement in lawsuit involving sheriff; board informed in closed session
Summary
Insurance counsel told the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners that the county's insurer and a tribal entity agreed to a $10 million settlement in Kloepfer & Mahler v. Sheriff Dustin Smith, et al.; counsel said the county's share was covered by insurance and the board did not need to vote on the settlement.
Insurance counsel told the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on May 20 that a $10 million settlement had been reached in Kloepfer & Mahler v. Sheriff Dustin Smith, et al.
Sean Perrin, insurance counsel, told the board in closed session that the settlement would be split $5 million from the tribe and $5 million from the county's insurance carrier, and that the county had paid a $5,000 deductible when the case was filed. He said the settlement did not involve the expenditure…
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