With its complaint against Lopez, the city seeks to recover legal fees it has paid as a result of the employees' lawsuits. The city has paid more than $700,000 in legal fees associated with those lawsuits, officials say.
After an October 2022 mediation hearing, the city settled with Garcia and Fuentes for $550,000 sometime in early 2023. On Feb. 5, 2023 the city served Lopez with a cross complaint in an attempt to recoup its costs from the litigation and the settlement, said Diane Robbins, a lawyer with Robbins & Holdaw.
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