Pittsburgh offers to settle with 25 who sued over G-20 tactics
The city of Pittsburgh made settlement offers today to 25 plaintiffs who are suing collectively over their treatment at the hands of police during gatherings in Oakland following the G-20 Summit of world leaders in 2009. (10/04/2011)
G-20 suit settled for $170,000
The least complicated of four civil lawsuits against the City of Pittsburgh stemming from the G-20 Summit has settled for $170,000, officials said Wednesday. The settlement in the case of Frank Beal, a Point Breeze man who said out-of-town police broke his kneecap, will be paid by the city's insurer, City Solicitor Daniel Regan said. (05/26/2011)