WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners could approve a multimillion-dollar settlement in the case of Cedric “CJ” Lofton at Wednesday’s meeting, according to an agenda filed Friday.
Earlier this month, a federal jury found five detention center employees liable in a civil trial over the in-custody death of the Wichita teenager. The jury awarded $8.3 million to Lofton‘s estate.
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Lofton’s brother, Marquan Teetz, filed a lawsuit a year after his death.
According to the agenda, the settlement is $10.3 million and would resolve all claims and lawsuits in the matter. It includes the $8.3 million judgment against the corrections officers. The settlement would also prevent the county from appealing the judgment…