Family Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit Over 911

The family of murder victim Brittany Zimmermann has reached a final settlement with Dane County (Wisc.) over a lawsuit that accused the county of improperly supervising, funding and staffing the center, and inadequately training the center’s dispatchers. The lawsuit also alleged that former dispatcher Rita Gahagan improperly handled a 911 call from Zimmermann’s apartment in Feb. 2008, and did not send police to investigate the call. Zimmermann was found murdered two hours later by her boyfriend, and her murderer is still at large. Neither the county or family would comment on the settlement. But court documents indicate the county has agreed to pay $5,000 into a reward fund for the killer, and to pay $2,500 towards the family’s legal expenses. Read more about the on-going incident and investigation here.