The City of Eau Claire’s insurance carrier, Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Company (WMMIC), recently entered into settlement agreements regarding two federal civil rights lawsuits filed against the City of Eau Claire and the Eau Claire Police Department.
The choice to settle these cases were business decisions made by the City of Eau Claire’s insurance company, and focused primarily on the costs of litigation rather than on the facts of each case. WMMIC’s decision to settle these cases does not reflect a determination by the City of Eau Claire, including the Eau Claire City Council, that settlement was appropriate. While WMMIC made similar financial decisions of settlement for each claim, these were separate use of force incidents with distinctive circumstances.
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