The Oak Lawn Village Board approved a settlement agreement Tuesday with a Bridgeview resident who was involved in an altercation with local police following a traffic stop three years ago.
The village voted to approve a settlement amount of $825,000 for Hadi Abuataleh, 21, during a board meeting Tuesday morning. However, the board said they did so not on the merits of the case, but because the village’s insurance carrier was pushing for the settlement.
Abuataleh was 17 at the time of the incident that occurred during a traffic stop on July 27, 2022. Police said that a strong odor of burnt cannabis was emanating from the vehicle. Police also said that the vehicle was missing a front license plate and had a cracked windshield…