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A-4. WAGNER V. MARICOPA COUNTY CV07-00819 PHX AWT Approve the settlement in the amount of $240,000 in the case of Wagner v. Maricopa County CV07-00819 PHX AWT, and authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign any necessary settlement documents on behalf of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors upon review and approval as to form by assigned legal counsel. The lawsuit, Ann Vogel v. Maricopa County, was originally filed in Superior Court in 2002, Cause No. CV2002-023675. It was then removed to Federal Court in June 2004 and became CV04-1215 PHX RGS. Ann Vogel died and Yvonne Wagner stepped in on behalf of the Estate of Eric Vogel, so it became Wagner v. Maricopa County. In January 2007 the case was remanded to Superior Court. In April 2007 it was removed to Federal Court again and became CV07-00819 PHX EHC. The case was tried before Judge Carroll in very late January 2010. The 9th Circuit reversed the verdict and sent the case back for retrial on December 30, 2013. A new trial judge was assigned, A Wallace Tashima. The case is now Wagner v. Maricopa County CV07-00819 PHX AWT. This matter was discussed in Executive Session on September 3, 2014. (C-75-15-003-2-00)