Life damages
Haven't seen this in any of the usual places, but last week the family of shooting victim Ebony Huel formally filed a claim against the City of Pasadena.
Ebony was shot to death in August outside of a nightclub operating illegally on Lincoln Avenue near Muir High School. Questions were raised at the time regarding the city's enforcement efforts against the club -- fire officials had reportedly shut it down on more than one occasion, but it continued to host events without the proper licenses.
Ebony was shot to death in August outside of a nightclub operating illegally on Lincoln Avenue near Muir High School. Questions were raised at the time regarding the city's enforcement efforts against the club -- fire officials had reportedly shut it down on more than one occasion, but it continued to host events without the proper licenses.
A likely precursor to litigation, the claim prepared by the law offices of Akudinobi & Ikonte asserts that "city officials were slow in enforcing the
order” for the club to stop operating.
Amount of damages for Ebony's death are listed as "unknown" however "the damages exceed the jurisdictional limit for a limited jurisdiction action.”
That's ok; the city can cross claim for parental negligence and the costs of responding to the shooting. What stooooopid-ness
Had she not suffered her tragedy and instead the city shut down the Underground, there would have been an outcry of there is no place for youth in Pasadena.