Court rules on $6 million Erie County OCY dispute
By Lisa Thompson, Erie Times-News, Pa. | |
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The three-judge federal appellate court panel offered no reason for the decision, but ordered the case back to
Following a trial in
Bryan said he was repeatedly abused by the older boy and suffered lasting damage.
After the verdict was returned, a dispute arose over how much the county owed Bryan.
The county claimed that before the verdict, the parties had reached a high-low agreement, in which both sides agreed the plaintiff would get no more than
The county's insurance companies were set to cover that amount.
Bryan's legal team said the county breached that agreement by publicly revealing its terms.
The agreement was supposed to remain confidential, Bryan said. His legal team sought to collect the full amount of the verdict.
Former U.S. District Judge
He said the conflict amounted to a "contract issue," and that state courts had jurisdiction over the matter.
The county appealed McLaughlin's ruling to the
In the meantime, it also took action in
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