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Committee advances multiple settlements and asks law department to brief on reverse-conviction exposure
Summary
The committee moved several settlement and indemnification items to formal session with recommendations to approve, asked for clarification on a settlement amount, and requested a closed session to address a law/DPD recommendation to deny indemnification on a personnel matter; law told the committee that reverse-conviction claims present high exposure.
Committee members moved a series of settlement and indemnification items to formal session with recommendations to approve and asked the law department for further briefings on high-exposure reverse-conviction matters.
Graham Anderson of the law department told the committee that the city faces significant exposure on reverse-conviction claims, sometimes resulting in seven-figure settlement demands and juries awarding large sums in other…
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