RESOLUTION NO. RS2000-244

A resolution approving the compromise and settlement of the lawsuit of Khampo Sibounheuang against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) and directing that this amount be paid out of the Self-Insured Liability Fund.

Whereas, on August 10, 1998, the automobile which Khampo Sibounheuang was driving was struck by an automobile owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and driven by an employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, acting within the course and scope of her employment on Harding Place, Davidson County, Tennessee, thereby causing injury to Khampo Sibounheuang; and

Whereas, as a result of this collision, Khampo Sibounheuang filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Government; and

Whereas, after a thorough investigation of this accident, the Department of Law believes that the settlement set forth in Section 1 below is fair and reasonable, and recommends that the this lawsuit be compromised and settled and that said amount be paid out of the Self-Insured Liability Fund.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:

Section 1. That the Metropolitan Department of Law is authorized to compromise and settle the lawsuit of Khampo Sibounheuang against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of eighteen-thousand dollars ($18,000) Dollars and that said amount should be paid from the Self-Insured Liability Fund.

Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Eileen Beehan

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee
Introduced:	June 6, 2000
Adopted:	June 6, 2000
Approved:	June 8, 2000
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