Girl wins $100k settlement following scuffle with police
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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A judge has approved a $100,000 settlement from the city of Attleboro to a teenage girl who claims her wrist was broken during a scuffle with a police officer.
Esther Durex said she was struck multiple times when she was stopped and questioned after leaving a party in October 2008. Police alleged she was combative and intoxicated, and she was charged with assaulting police, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
Medical tests proved she had no drugs or alcohol in her system and charges were eventually dismissed.
A lawyer for the city said in Fall River Superior Court on Thursday the city was not opposed to the settlement, reached between the Durex's lawyers and the city's insurance carrier.
Durex, an honors student, was 16 at the time of the incident
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