Enfield Settles Last In String Of Police Brutality Lawsuits, Releases Settlement Information
In response to a
The town has paid roughly
Bromson said he would reach out to CIRMA's attorney Tuesday for those settlement amounts. Attorney
On Tuesday, Bromson said town council members were reluctant to settle a number of the lawsuits because they didn't think officers had committed any wrongdoing. If the council did not agree to settle the lawsuits, CIRMA would have withdrawn from the cases, meaning the town would have had to hire its own attorneys and any settlements above those outlined in the agreements would be paid by the town, Bromson said.
According to the lawsuit complaint filed in 2014, Damato suffered from a traumatic brain injury as a result of a car accident in
According to the suit, Olschafskie "explained Tyler's situation and repeatedly emphasized that because Damato had suffered a recent, serious traumatic brain injury, they should be gentle with him and make sure he did not hit his head because this could aggravate his brain injury and he could potentially die if he hit his head."
Damato agreed to go to the hospital and while walking to a waiting ambulance, Damato dropped his cane. When he was bending over to pick up his cane, according to the suit, Worden "violently forced" Damato to the ground.
Damato was knocked unconscious for a period of time and taken to
Two months later, Damato was involved in a car accident in the
According to the lawsuit, because of the officers' "indifferent actions," Damato suffered injuries including a traumatic brain injury that "directly resulted" in Damato's untimely death.
Olschafskie's was the last of nearly a dozen lawsuits filed against the town to be settled. The legal actions began with a complaint by a
Monday night's council meeting was the first time settlement figures associated with the nearly dozen lawsuits alleging police brutality and excessive force by former officer Worden were publicly released. In June, the Freedom of
Later that month, Bromson appealed the decision saying the documents are exempt because they are maintained by CIRMA.
Last October and November, the
On Tuesday, Bromson said the town only kept the settlement figures confidential because CIRMA said if those figures had been made public it would have "adversely affected" any future settlements.
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