To: Board of Supervisors
From: Thomas L. Geiger, County Counsel
Report Title: Public report of litigation settlement agreements that became final during the period February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RECEIVE public report of litigation settlement agreements that became final during the period February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Settlement amounts are listed below.
BACKGROUND:
One agreement to settle pending litigation, as defined in Government Code section 54956.9, became final during the period February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025.
E.D. v. Dwight Childs, et al.; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 3:20-cv-03014-SK: On October 8, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved a settlement in this federal case arising out of a suicide at the Martinez Detention Facility. The Board approved the settlement for $3,750,000 in closed session by a vote of 5-0. The settlement agreement was fully executed on February 20, 2025. The funding sources are the Risk Management Medical Malpractice Internal Service Fund (up to the County’s Self-Insured Retention of $1,000,000) and the County’s excess insurance liability provider, Public Risk Innovation, Solutions, and Management (PRISM).
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The report would not be accepted.
cc: Monika L. Cooper, Assistant County Counsel; Karen Caoile, Director of Risk Management