Ghost Ship Case: Oakland City Council Approves Final Settlement For Warehouse Residents

San Leandro CA

13 November, 2020

2:58 PM

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From CBS San Francisco: November 13, 2020 at 7:17 am OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland city councilmembers approved a settlement Tuesday giving a total of $399,000 to 12 people who were once residents of the Ghost Ship warehouse before it burned down killing 36 people in December 2016, council records show. This latest settlement comes following the approval in July of $32.7 million, which was given to one victim who survived and some of the families of the victims who died. Sam Maxwell, who survived but with lifelong injuries and enormous medical expenses, received $9.2 million while 32 families of the 36 who died received $23.5 million. Read more at CBS San Francisco