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12/6/78
RESOLUTION No, ? 9.:22
A RESOLUTION ANTHORIZINt THE DIRECTOR OE
1t ANCE TO PAY TO ARTHUR WILLIAMS, PARRIE
WILLIAMS AND CEoRGEWILLIAMS, HER HUSBAND,
WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE
SUM of THIRTEEN THOUSAND ($13,000 00) DOLLARS
IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF THEIR
CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY or MIAMI AND JOHN
CHARLES CHAPH.AN FOR ALLEGED PERSONAL INJURIES
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THEM, UPON
THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY
or MIA'MI AND JOHN CHARLES CHAPMAN PROM ALL
CLAIMS AND DEMANDS WHATSOEVER.
WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs, ARTHUR. WILLIAMS, PARRIE ' WILLIAMS
and GEORGE WILLIAMS , her husband, filed an action against the
City of Miami and John Charles Chapman, bearing Number 78-12654,
in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, on August 4, 1978,
alleging personal injuries and property damage due to a motor
vehicle accident involved a City of Miami motor vehicle on
May 24, 1976, at the intersection of Plaza Street and Oak Avenue,
in the City of Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, this claim has been investigated by the Office of
the City Attorney, and after considerable negotiations with the
attorney for the Plaintiffs, a settlement in the amount of
Thirteen Thousand ($13,000.00) Dollars would be acceptable to
the Plaintiffs; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the City Attorney recommends that
this law suit be settled for the sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars
($13,000,00) which includes the medical expenses of more than
$5700,00 for ARTHUR WILLIAMS, the driver, and his mother, PARRIE
WILLIAMS;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COi`',Q`IIP,IQN OF:TB; C
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CITY OF MIA�MI , FLORIDA: 1 TF[� NO t-
Section 1. That the Director of Finance is hereby
authorized and directed to pay to ARTHUR WILLIAMS, PARRIE WILLIAMS,
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
J A N 1 8 1919
and EOROE WILLIAMS , het husband, without the diet'1 of
liability, the sUtn of Thifteen Thousand ($11,000,00) bona s,
in full and cotnplete settlement of their claim against the
City of Miami and John Charles Chapman, including medical
expenses of more than $5700,00, for alleged personal injuries
sustained by them, upon the execution of a release releasing
the City of Miami and John Charles Chapman from all claims
and demands
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of JANUJARY
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
MAURICE A, FERRE
CITY a MIAMI, FLOPIDA
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(ttesolution)
The Plaintiffs, Arthur Williams, Parrie Williams and George
Williams, her husband, filed as action against the City of Miami
and John. Charles Chapmanon August 4, 1978, alleging personal
injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident involving City
of Miami sanitation truck on March 24, 1976, at the intersection
of Plaza Street and Oak Avenue, in the City of Miami, Florida,
The Plaintiffs' vehicle was Eastbound on Oak Avenue, which is a
through street, while the City's sanitation truck was Northbound
on Plaza Street, There is a Stop Sign at the intersection of Oak
Avenue and Plaza Street, and such Stop Sign is there for the purpose.
of controlling traffic which is North and Southbound on Plaza Street,
The City's sanitation truck, which was Northbound on Plaza Street,
based upon the facts of the case, proceeded through the Stop Sign,
thereby striking the vehicle of the Plaintiffs.'
Mr, Arthur Williams, age 24 at the time, suffered post traumatic
headaches, contusions, hematona of the right chest area, sprain of
the cervical spine and the lumbosacral spine. His physician, Dr,
F. Gonzalez, gave him 5% disability of the body.
Mrs. Parrie Williams, age 64, suffered post traumatic injuries to
the lower abdomen area which resulted in pain, severe sprain of the
cervical spine, contusions and hematoma of the right hip, complaint
of pain radiating down the right leg, tenderness and hematoma of the
right rib cage, post traumatic headaches 'and .injuries to her right
shoulder area. Dr. David E. Lehrman gave her 10/ permanent disabil-
ity of the body and 25% permanent disability of the right shoulder
Plaintiffs' original demand for settlement was in the neighborhood
of $50,000.00. After considerable negotiation, counsel for the Plain-
tiffs has agreed to accept the sum of $13,000.00 in full and complete
settlement of the case, which will include all of the claims by all
three plaintiffs.
To avoid further expenses in this case together with the exposure of
the City at trial•and a very strong possibility of an adverse verdict
against the City of Miami, the City Attorney's Office recommends that
the claim be settled for $13,000.00 in full and complete settlement
of this case, including medical expenses of more than $5,700.
GFK/G'JP/f1
(Resolution attached)