City Council Finance Committee OKs settlement deal. Three aldermen voted against the deal, with one saying it set a fiscally imprudent precedent.
Tyrone Hood at his home in North Aurora on July 25, 2018. Before his sentence was overturned, Hood spent two decades in prison for the 1993 murder of Marshall Morgan Jr.
about a tentative deal to settle both lawsuits simultaneously for a total of $25 million, pending approval by the City Council.Before voting against the settlement on Monday, Hopkins said he worried it would be used as the floor for future misconduct cases. Under the settlement agreement, Hood, who served 22 years, would receive $17.5 million and Washington, who served 12 years, would get $7.5 million. The city’s insurance would pay for $5 million of the $25 million award. But Felker said if the case goes to trial, the plaintiffs would instead seek $34 million to $68 million, plus covering about $6 million in the past seven years of attorneys’ fees.
Felker, however, reminded aldermen that 10 other misconduct lawsuits are pending against Boudreau, who along with his co-defendant is represented by outside counsel. The city already has paid out settlements in five reversed conviction cases involving Boudreau, she added, and the city’s own insurers don’t oppose the pending settlement to Hood and Washington. That is not always the case, Felker said.
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