The settlement, approved during a closed-session meeting of the board, is on top of the $15 million in damages awarded to the Chester family by a federal court jury on Aug. 24. Bryant's widow, Vanessa, was also awarded $15 million in damages.
According to Mira Hashmall, an outside attorney representing the county in the litigation, the additional money approved by the board Tuesday"resolves all outstanding issues relating to the pending state claims, future claims by the Chester children, attorneys' fees and costs. We sincerely hope this settlement will help Mr. Chester and his children move forward with their lives."
The agreement approved Tuesday applies only to the Chester family. It remained unclear if Vanessa Bryant still intends to pursue her state claims of invasion of privacy stemming from the photos taken at the crash scene. Attorneys for Chester and Vanessa Bryant argued during the trial that the plaintiffs suffered emotional pain and suffering after learning that personal photos of human remains at the crash scene were snapped and displayed for no good reason to a bartender, attendees of an awards ceremony and sent by a sheriff's deputy to a colleague while they were playing a video game.
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