SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah nurse who was arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient settled Tuesday with Salt Lake City and the university that runs the hospital for $500,000.
Nurse Alex Wubbels and her lawyer, Karra Porter, announced the move nearly two months after they released police body-camera video showing Detective Jeff Payne handcuffing Wubbels. The footage drew widespread attention online amid the national debate about police use of force.
The settlement covers all possible defendants in a lawsuit, including individual police officers, university police and hospital security guards. The payout will be divided among the city and the University of Utah.
Wubbels plans to use part of the money to fund legal help for others trying to get similar body-camera video. She said that in cases like hers, video is essential to being heard and believed.
“We all deserve to know the truth, and the truth comes when you see the actual raw footage, and that’s what happened in my case,” she said. “No matter how truthful I was in telling my story, it was nothing compared to what people saw and the visceral reaction people experienced when watching the footage of the experience I went through.”
I’d be able to use a cool half mil very nicely, but my feeling is that she got shorted here.
You can’t fight city hall. Do not cross SLC and their *mayor*
bgarrettNovember 2, 2017, 7:57 PM
Thats TAXPAYERS money. The guilty party didnt pay it
ghostsniperNovember 2, 2017, 8:11 PM
You just witnessed grand larceny by the largest criminal organization in world history.
Call it the “Human Lottery”, 1 human benefits and everybody gets to pay.
The payoff should have been 5 times as much, and paid by the criminal.
Snakepit, the accepted lawyer fees are almost always 1/3 of any award. The ABA would not look kindly on anything above that, although, if true, I’m sure they’re giggling around the water cooler.
You have a link to doc the 50% number?
TerryNovember 3, 2017, 7:34 AM
Another cowardly cop gets a free ride to his retirement. Also, don’t get on the wrong side in Utah. The Mormon mafia has no ethics or Bill of Rights. Their daily read is not much different that the K-ran.
TerryNovember 3, 2017, 7:36 AM
make that “different than”
Sorry
GordonNovember 3, 2017, 6:24 PM
Different from, Terry. (ducks)
If you read the real history of Joseph Smith, it’s like he took lessons from Big Mo. The path is amazingly similar.
ChuckNovember 4, 2017, 5:33 AM
I’ve lived in Utah among Mormons for the last 45 years. I’m not very fond of Mormon bashing and talk of the Mormon mafia. Let me give you two Mormon positives: 1) they keep the place very clean and 2) their reputation keeps Californians from moving in. That they just lowered the DUI reading to .05 will go a long way toward keeping Utah the last western state to turn blue.
Fred: I’ll give you that any number of laws may offer the cop opportunity to arrest. She was the wrong target. She’s standing at the gate, but there are higher ups who need to stand in account. Cop was a bully, arrested the mouthpiece for the hospital, and was on a mission to CYA the cop shop.
The mayor of SLC is a thug, as well.
The whole place is dangerous to live in. If I owned in SLC, I’d look for the nearest exit to move my property or business.
My neighbor has some acreage and family in Utah and I’m thinking about going out there next summer and looking at some acreage. As with most places, it’s not bad out in ruralville but in urbania the nutz rule. Friction does it. When a whole bunch of people cram themselves into close proximity the heat escalates and temperatures rise and the next thing you know retards start getting on each others nerves.
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I’d be able to use a cool half mil very nicely, but my feeling is that she got shorted here.
You can’t fight city hall. Do not cross SLC and their *mayor*
Thats TAXPAYERS money. The guilty party didnt pay it
You just witnessed grand larceny by the largest criminal organization in world history.
Call it the “Human Lottery”, 1 human benefits and everybody gets to pay.
The payoff should have been 5 times as much, and paid by the criminal.
The lawyer got half of the $500K.
Snakepit, the accepted lawyer fees are almost always 1/3 of any award. The ABA would not look kindly on anything above that, although, if true, I’m sure they’re giggling around the water cooler.
You have a link to doc the 50% number?
Another cowardly cop gets a free ride to his retirement. Also, don’t get on the wrong side in Utah. The Mormon mafia has no ethics or Bill of Rights. Their daily read is not much different that the K-ran.
make that “different than”
Sorry
Different from, Terry. (ducks)
If you read the real history of Joseph Smith, it’s like he took lessons from Big Mo. The path is amazingly similar.
I’ve lived in Utah among Mormons for the last 45 years. I’m not very fond of Mormon bashing and talk of the Mormon mafia. Let me give you two Mormon positives: 1) they keep the place very clean and 2) their reputation keeps Californians from moving in. That they just lowered the DUI reading to .05 will go a long way toward keeping Utah the last western state to turn blue.
Wrong decision. The cop was within the law. http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/04/arrested-utah-nurse-had-it-coming/
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Fred: I’ll give you that any number of laws may offer the cop opportunity to arrest. She was the wrong target. She’s standing at the gate, but there are higher ups who need to stand in account. Cop was a bully, arrested the mouthpiece for the hospital, and was on a mission to CYA the cop shop.
The mayor of SLC is a thug, as well.
The whole place is dangerous to live in. If I owned in SLC, I’d look for the nearest exit to move my property or business.
@Fred, no he wasn’t.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ut-supreme-court/1508641.html
@Ghost:
Budd? Tripp? Coke???
Utah is one screwed up place, idn’t it?
Good catch!
My neighbor has some acreage and family in Utah and I’m thinking about going out there next summer and looking at some acreage. As with most places, it’s not bad out in ruralville but in urbania the nutz rule. Friction does it. When a whole bunch of people cram themselves into close proximity the heat escalates and temperatures rise and the next thing you know retards start getting on each others nerves.