In a unanimous decision, the appeals court ruled that Tiffany Washington’s lawsuit against former Det. Crystal Marlowe, LMPD and the city should have been dismissed by the trial judge because the suit was filed after the state’s one-year statute of limitations.
A Nov 24 ruling by a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel allows thousands of former inmates to join a federal lawsuit alleging they were improperly held after being ordered released.
They say the pool, the only one in the city's west end, needs major investment.
The $12 million settlement comes while much of the country anxiously awaits an announcement on whether criminal charges will be filed against the officers involved in Taylor’s death, and is the largest the city has ever paid in a lawsuit for police wrongdoing.
Two lawsuits filed by Mayor Greg Fischer's administration this year have potentially wide-ranging implications: Is Metro Government signalling a trend of shifting liability from the city to individual employees found at fault?
Numbers have been drawn for the massive jackpot for Wednesday's drawing.