Name: City of Durham settles lawsuit over police chase
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Description: Brooke Lyn Maynard - an off-duty detention officer - was a 24-year-old single mom when a suspect trying to flee police crashed into her car. The city paid $2.25 million to settle with her daughter, who was only 4 years old when Maynard died.

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Brooke Lyn Maynard - an off-duty detention officer - was a 24-year-old single mom  when a suspect trying to flee police crashed into her car. The city paid $2.25 million to settle with her daughter, who was only 4 years old when Maynard died.

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S A $30. >> THIS LITTLE GIRL LOST HER MOTHER MORE THAN 5 YEARS AGO WHEN THE SUSPECT CRASHED INTO HER CAR WHILE BEING CHASED BY POLICE BROOKLYN. MAYNARD WAS AN OFF-DUTY DETENTION OFFICER. A SINGLE MOTHER JUST 24 YEARS OLD. NOW WE'VE LEARNED THE CITY OF DURHAM SETTLED A LAWSUIT RELATED TO THE POLICE CHASE FOR 2.2, 5 MILLION DOLLARS. WRAL INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER SHARES WHY THE ATTORNEYS SAY THE SETTLEMENT. >> IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> I COVERED THIS CRASH WHEN IT HAPPENED BACK IN AUGUST 2018 HERE AT THIS BUSY INTERSECTION OF CLUB BOULEVARD AND DUKE STREET. NOW WE HAVE LEARNED THE CITY HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN A SETTLEMENT. >> SHE WAS A CURIOUS CHILD EVER. MY FIRST. >> THIS VIDEO PLAYED FOR THE COURT IS EMOTIONAL FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF BROOKLYN. MAYNARD DESCRIBE WHAT SHE MEANT TO THEM. >> MAY 4 IF YOU DON'T. AND TO HER THEN FOUR-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL AND THEY WERE GREAT TOGETHER. THEY. REALLY CLOSE STATEMENT. THEY WERE REALLY TIGHT. MAYNARD, A DETENTION OFFICER OFF DUTY AT THE TIME WAS DRIVING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT WHEN SHE WAS T AT FULL SPEED BY A CAR THAT WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE. >> THOSE MOMENTS WRAL HAS SHOWN WERE CAPTURED BY THE OFFICER'S DASH CAMERA. THE FACTS OF THE CASE SURGES ATTORNEYS DON STRICKLAND AND ON BEST AND TOOK THE CASE ON BEHALF OF MAYNARD'S FAMILY SUING THE CITY OF DURHAM. THEY KNEW IT WOULD BE AN UPHILL BATTLE. NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD IS A VERY HARD STANDARD TO ME IN ORDER TO PREVAIL. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TO SHOW. >> A LEVEL OF NEGLIGENCE WAY BEYOND ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE. THEY THOUGHT THE CHASE WAS WAY BEYOND ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE AS OFFICERS FOLLOWED A CAR STOLEN EARLIER THAT DAY AT GUNPOINT AT HIGH SPEEDS THROUGH CROWDED DOWNTOWN STREETS. EVEN GOING THE WRONG WAY ON ONE-WAY ROADS ALL FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES >> WRONG WAY AT ALL. >> AND DOWNTOWN, SO YOU HAVE A COMBINED. >> 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PRACTICING WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THIS CASE. THAT IS THE FIRST RECOVERY ON BEHALF OF A PERSON INJURED OR KILLED. >> BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARE ENGAGING IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE CHASE. WE JUST FELT LIKE. >> EVEN THOUGH NOBODY ELSE HAD 1, 1, THAT THIS WAS THE KIND OF CASE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE HOME FOR THE THE MONEY WILL GO IN A TRUST FOR MAYNARD'S DAUGHTER. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNOW IT'S A SMALL VICTORY IN COMPARISON TO ALL THAT WAS LOST. SHE WAS SITTING ON MY LAP AND AND SHE SAID >> I MISS MY ME TO EVEN ASKED SANTA. >> AND SHE DOES MAKE A NEW HOME THE TIGHT. MY MOMMY'S TO HOLD ME TIGHT. >> THE ATTORNEYS SAY THE MAYNARD FAMILY HOPES THIS OUTCOME WILL LEAD TO CHANGES WITHIN THE DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. MORE CAUTION REGARDING CHASES SARAH KRUEGER WRAL NEWS, DURHAM. >> AS FOR THAT SETTLEMENT, 1 MILLION OF IT CAME STRAIGHT

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