31. "sounds like the city is leaning toward settling the case. " In response to In response to 30
the city's law director, Barbara Langhenry said:
“We will assert all available defenses.” If the city does not mention the defenses in the court documents, then they cannot use them later, Langhenry says. That’s the reasoning behind the strong language in the complaint.
^^ which is exactly what we said this morning, btw.
but Mayor Frank Jackson seems like he's leaning toward settling this case:
“There is no way that a 12-year-old should die,” Jackson said. On the lawsuit: “Today is about apologizing to the family that we have caused some hurt, some harm to.”
if the city wants to fight the case then the language in that response is typical and necessary. if the city doesn't wanna fight b/c it doesn't wanna blame the decedent for his own actions (which would be pretty abhorrent but them's the breaks) then they're likely gonna have to settle.