Council approves settlement with resident hit by city employee’s car. Look how much

Another settlement was approved by the Jackson City Council on Tuesday, involving a resident who was in a car accident with a city employee.

The council approved a $15,000 settlement to Kenneth McClure. On Dec. 19, 2018, McClure was attempting to turn east on Hoover Street when his car was struck on the left passenger side by a vehicle driven by Jackson employee Daniel Moore, court documents show. The impact of the crash was “so forceful and violent that it caused serious damage” to McClure and his car.

McClure sued the city in 2020, asking for compensation for property and financial damages and medical costs. McClure, through his attorney Patrick Wooten, requested a $75,000 settlement.

Wooten did not respond to a request for comment. Jackson’s Office of the City Attorney also said they could not provide more details about the case at this time.

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Six councilors voted to approve the settlement, with ward councilor Kenneth Stokes abstaining.

The Clarion Ledger reported in March that Jackson is at least being confronted 24 lawsuits due to city employees being involved in vehicle accidents involving city vehicles. The investigation was the second part in an occasional series looking at the lawsuits facing Jackson, which the Clarion Ledger received after filing a public records request.

Of the 24 vehicle lawsuits, 17 involve city employees from different departments. Five of the lawsuits involve Jackson Police Department officers crashing police vehicles into civilian cars; two involve firefighters from the Jackson Fire Department crashing fire trucks into civilian cars.

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With the McClure settlement, the city has reduced the number of lawsuits from 24 to 22 involving city employees involved in vehicle accidents. In June, the council unanimously approved a $160,000 settlement for the wrongful death of Stevie Fuller, a pedestrian struck by a city employee’s vehicle in May 2017.

Fuller, a Jackson resident, was walking near the Gateway Rescue Mission Shelter on Gallatin Street. As Fuller was walking, he was “struck by a motor vehicle owned by the city of Jackson, Mississippi and operated” by a city employee, the lawsuit said. Fuller died at the scene of the accident as a result of his injuries.

City attorneys reached a settlement with Fuller’s brother and sister, Roger and Linda Fuller.

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