RESOLUTION NO. RS2002-1199

A resolution approving the compromise and settlement of the lawsuit of Mitzi Smith Farley and Lawrence Farley against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of seven thousand eight hundred six dollars and ten cents ($7,806.10) and directing that this amount be paid out of the Self-Insured Liability Fund.

Whereas, on February 23, 2001, a vehicle driven by Mitzi Smith Farley was struck by an automobile owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and driven by an employee of the Metropolitan Public Works Department, acting within the course and scope of his employment on Interstate 24, Davidson County, Tennessee, thereby causing injury to Mitzi Smith Farley; and

Whereas, as a result of this collision, Mitzi Smith Farley and Lawrence Farley 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 Mitzi Farley Smith and Lawrence Farley against the Metropolitan Government for the amount of seven thousand eight hundred six dollars and ten cents ($7,806.10) 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: Craig Jenkins

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Committee
Introduced:	October 1, 2002
Adopted:	October 1, 2002
Approved:	October 3, 2002
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