Avant v. County of Erie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KRYSTAL A. AVANT, individually and as administrator of the estate of Connell A. Burrell, 20-CV-1689-LJV-HKS Plaintiff, DECISION & ORDER v. COUNTY OF ERIE et al., Defendants. Before this Court are motions brought by the plaintiff, Krystal A. Avant, asking this Court to approve the settlement of this wrongful death action and to seal the settlement amount.1 Docket Items 91 and 97. After hearing oral argument from the parties, see Docket Item 95, and for the reasons stated below, the Court grants both motions. DISCUSSION I. MOTION TO…