City Attorney asks Council for private session on sidewalk trip-and-fall lawsuit
Barbara Berkowitz sued over a 2020 fall on a sidewalk on Olympic Boulevard; no settlement figure is listed.
The City Attorney wants the City Council to meet privately with lawyers about a lawsuit from a woman who says she tripped and fell on a sidewalk at 8636 Olympic Boulevard on May 21, 2020. Council would hear advice before any decision on paying a claim.
What happens next
Council to hold a closed session with legal counsel on the pending litigation
How the Council voted on this file
Yes No Absent
- 14–0–1
City Attorney asks Council for private session on sidewalk trip-and-fall lawsuit
Council File 26-1437Item 17 · Oct 28 meetingAdopted
Named in this record
- Barbara Berkowitz
- Hydee Feldstein Soto 89
- Los Angeles City Attorney 87
- Los Angeles City Council 249
- Dikran H. Sassounian 16
- 8636 Olympic Boulevard
- Board of Public Works 43
Hydee Feldstein Soto
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