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Law Practice

Nov. 21, 2008

Tentative May Day Settlement Not Approved by City Council

Behind closed doors Wednesday, the City Council would not approve a $10 million settlement proposed by the city attorney to end the largest class action filed by people injured in the MacArthur Park melee in 2007.

By Peter B. Matuszak

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Behind closed doors Wednesday, the City Council would not approve a $10 million settlement proposed by the city attorney to end the largest class action filed by people injured in the MacArthur Park melee in 2007.

The settlement package was negotiated by plaintiffs' lawyers and the city attorney through a confidential mediation process over the past four months before Magistrate Judge Carla Wo...

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