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Subject: Port Local 10 - Settlement
From: Office of the City Attorney
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To Compromise And Settle Claims Of Three (3) Of The Remaining Seventeen (17) Plaintiffs In The Matters Of Port Local 10 Warehouse And Longshoremen Et Al. V. City Of Oakland, Et Al., United States District Count Case No. C03-2962 TEH (JL), Our File No. X01958 And Sri Louise Coles Et Al. V. City Of Oakland Et Al., United States District Court Case No. C03-2961 TEH, Our File No. 23333, For A Sum Not To Exceed A Total Of Five Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars And No Cents ($592,000.00). One Check In The Amount Of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($500,000.00) Is To Be Issued As Payment To Willow Rosenthal And James B. Chanin, Her Attorney. One Check In The Amount Of Eighty-Five Thousands Dollars And No Cents ($85,000) Is To Be As Payment To John Nishinaga And James B. Chanin, His Attorney. One Check In The Amount Of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars And No Cents ($7,500.00) Is To Be Issued As Payment To Cliff Close And James B. Chanin, His Attorney. These Matters Arise From The April 7, 2003 Port Of Oakland Police Action (Excessive Force/Civil Rights Violation)