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In January, a jury ordered the City of Seattle to pay more than $30 million over the unsolved, fatal shooting of a teenager, Antonio Mays Jr., at the “ Seattle was ordered to pay $4 million to Mays’ estate and $26 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.
The financial resolution prompted KIRO host Jake Skorheim to investigate the inner workings of how the parties settle on the amount of money to be paid. “I’m not trying to be grim towards the or negative towards the people who have perished, but I’m just saying that’s tax dollars. How do they decide on that money?” Skorheim said on “.” “How does the city start that conversation, and how do they make assessments like, what is a person’s life worth?” “We’ve got to remember that the final decision maker of the value of a claim is a jury, right? So both sides are trying to predict what a jury might do in the case, and that’s where you start as far as valuing the claim at hand,” According to Davis, several components contribute to the overall damages: Economic damages, which typically refer to the medical bills, past and future, and wage losses, and non-economic damages, which are commonly referred to as pain and suffering, including humiliation, mental anguish, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life. “So between those two components, each side is trying to predict how might a jury see this claim? What might a jury do as far as money damages? That’s the start of each side valuing the claim and then deciding at some point to come together and try to negotiate a settlement to avoid a trial,” Davis added. “In these two cases, they both perished, and so then it would have just been their families that you would be obviously representing.” “These, to me, are headline-making cases. I mean, those are huge judgments; it was at $30.5 million in damages on this judgment,” Jake stated. “What is somebody going to get? Is it all dependent on injury and just how much you can argue?” “It really comes down to the injuries. In a wrongful death case, for instance, there’s pre-death pain and suffering that’s compensable under the law,” Davis said. “So a lot of times, if you’ve got a client or a victim that experienced extreme pain, terror, fright, that’s a separate damage component on the jury verdict form, so the lawyers will try to assess, okay, what is several minutes worth of pain is before you die, right? And there’s no formula involved. Every case is unique.”The $30M CHOP settlement prompted KIRO host Jake Skorheim to investigate the inner workings of how the parties settle on the amount of money to be paid.Ice age mammoth being unearthed at WA dig site — tours now available Tickets to witness the unearthing of remains of a prehistoric mammoth at the McBones Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site are now available. ‘This seems like a war of convenience’: Spike backs Sen. Murray’s claim there was ‘no imminent threat’ from Iran‘Police are not a high priority for them’: Jake questions lack of police hiring from $100M grant Washington Governor Bob Ferguson's budget agenda includes is a $100 million grant for police hiring, though zero new officers have been hired.Chrystal Ortega's tireless dedication recently earned her the WSECU Community Champions Award and a $1,000 grant to further the mission.When Shawn Tibbitts opened Tibbitts FernHill, he was just trying to survive. The small Tacoma restaurant has since earned culinary awards and praise.Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its cherished holiday tradition of giving back by donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the South Sound region this season.Matthew Ballantyne has transformed that early awareness into action, embodying the organization's mission:"No Kid Sleeps On The Floor In Our Town."Discover Kitsap County’s creative soul: Where Nordic charm meets gothic gardens and ancient traditions thrive Kitsap County is full of wonderfully weird, authentically artsy, and unexpectedly magical corners that make visitors become locals and locals never want to leave.
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