HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS BY CHERYL BATCHELOR IN THE AGGREGATE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLARS- PAYABLE TO JOHN MICHAEL BROWN, P.C. AS ATTORNEY FOR CHERYL BATCHELOR •
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS BY
CHERYL BATCHELOR (CLAIMANT) IN THE AGGREGATE SUM OF
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000.00), PAYABLE AS
FOLLOWS: JOHN MICHAEL BROWN, P.C., AS ATTORNEY FOR CHERYL
BATCHELOR; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO
DISBURSE THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($75,000.00); WAIVING AUGUSTA, GEORGIA CODE OF ORDINANCES
SECTIONS IN CONFLICT FOR THIS INSTANCE ONLY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Cheryl Batchelor filed suit alleging sexual harassment, sexual
discrimination, and disability discrimination in the Superior Court of Richmond County,
Case No. 2015-RCCV-610, and she filed a workers' compensation claim for a knee injury
before the State Board of Workers' Compensation, Claim No. 2014-013781;
WHEREAS, all parties to said claims desire to settle all claims; and
WHEREAS, Claimant has agreed to settle all claims against Augusta-Richmond
County,Augusta-Richmond County Commission,and the Sheriff of Richmond County for
the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00), payable to John Michael Brown,
P.C., as Attorney for Cheryl Batchelor.
WHEREAS,it is in the best interests of Augusta, Georgia to resolve this matter and
pay the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) to Claimant as set out
above to settle all claims of Claimant, including civil claims and workers' compensation
claims, against Augusta-Richmond County,Augusta-Richmond County Commission, the
Sheriff of Richmond County, and their employees and agents arising out of the facts
alleged in said claim:
Claimant, a former deputy with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, alleges that
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her supervisors participated in and condoned sexual harassment such that she was
exposed to a hostile work environment. Claimant also alleges that she was denied a
transfer from road patrol after being injured in a training exercise. After said training,
Claimant was diagnosed with a meniscus tear and osteoarthritis in her left knee.
WHEREAS,Augusta,Georgia acknowledges that the payment set forth herein does
not constitute any admission of liability on the part of Augusta, Georgia, the Sheriff of
Richmond County, or any of their deputies or employees and liability is expressly denied;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Augusta, Georgia
Commission,
Settlement Resolution
Batchelor v. Sheriff Richard Roundtree,Case No.2015-RCCV-610
Batchelor v.Richmond County Sheriff et al.,Claim No.2014-013781
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Section 1: The Augusta, Georgia Commission will settle the claims set forth
above for the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars($75,000.00),payable to John Michael
Brown, P.C., as Attorney for Cheryl Batchelor.
Section 2: The County Administrator is authorized to pay a total sum of
seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00), payable to John Michael Brown, P.C., as
Attorney for Cheryl Batchelor.
Section 3: To the extent that any section of the AUGUSTA,GA.CODE is in conflict
herewith, that subsection is waived for this instance only.
Adopted this (9U/day of Mox CiO , 2019.
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The undersigned Clerk of Commission, Lena J. Bonner, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Augusta, Georgia Commission
on , 2019 and that such Resolution has not been modified or
rescinded as of the date hereof and the undersigned further certifies that attached hereto
is a true copy of the Resolution which was approved and adopted in the foregoing
meeting(s).
Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission
Settlement Resolution
Batchelor v. Sheriff Richard Roundtree,Case No.2015-RCCV-610
Batchelor v.Richmond County Sheriff et al.,Claim No.2014-013781
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