To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Ronald Carl, County Attorney
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Erin L. Powers, Senior Assistant County Attorney
Ben Swartzendruber, Senior Assistant County Attorney
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Subject:
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A resolution to authorize settlement of Ivan Alvarado litigation
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Purpose and Recommendation:
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Adoption of a resolution to authorize settlement of Ivan Alvarado litigation.
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Background:
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A civil lawsuit captioned, Corporal Ivan Alvarado v. Dale Davis and Tyler S. Brown in his capacity as the Arapahoe County Sheriff, Case No. 19-cv-30969, was commenced against county defendants in the Adams County District Court, arising from a motor vehicle accident of an Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) deputy and member of the Colorado State Patrol on June 17, 2017. This memo and the accompanying resolution seek the Board's formal approval of the settlement the parties agreed to in principle during mediation and as previously discussed with the Board.
On June 17, 2017, the Adams County Sheriff's Office requested emergent assistance from the ACSO and other surrounding law enforcement agencies in relation to a road rage incident involving a person with a gun. ACSO Deputy Davis responded from I-70 with his emergency lights and sirens on and exited onto N. Manila Road, followed by other responding law enforcement. From N. Manila, Davis turn left onto E. 48th Avenue and started travelling westbound on the dirt roadway. Unbeknownst to Deputy Davis or the others, Colorado State Patrol Corporal Ivan Alvarado also received the call for assistance while he was located at the Front Range Airport, and responded heading eastbound on E. 48th Avenue. Unfortunately, Corporal Alvarado and Deputy Davis collided head on at the most unfortunate part of the roadway on E. 48th Avenue and both were injured and transported to the hospital.
The lawsuit brought by Plaintiff Ivan Alvarado sought an amount of damages that would have exceeded the curr...
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