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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIP. & PROPOSED ORDER RE. ECONOMIC DAMAGES

FOR SFGH TREATMENT CASE NO. 14-CV-5172-EDL

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney

CHERYL ADAMS, State Bar #164194

Chief Trial Attorney

JAMES HANNAWALT, State Bar #139657

Deputy City Attorney

Fox Plaza

1390 Market Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-5408

Telephone: (415) 554-3913

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837

E-Mail: james.hannawalt@sfgov.org

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

OFFICER JARED P. HARRIS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL WAYNE GARNER,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO; SAN FRANCISCO POLICE 

DEPARTMENT; GREGORY P. SUHR, in his 

capacity as Chief of Police of the San 

Francisco Police Department; JARED P. 

HARRIS, individually and in his capacity as a 

Police Officer for the San Francisco Police 

Department; Officer SADIKI #803, 

individually and in his capacity as a Police 

Officer for the San Francisco Police 

Department, and Does 1 through 200,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-CV-5172-EDL

STIPULATION REGARDING CCSF 

COLLECTION OF SFGH BILLS RELATED 

TO TREATMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S 11/27/2013 

INJURY; [PROPOSED] ORDER

WHEREAS, the City and County of San Francisco has made a charitable write-off of all 

charges for goods and services provided by the City and County of San Francisco at San Francisco 

General Hospital in connection with the treatment of Michael Garner for injuries Michael Garner 

sustained on November 27, 2013; and 

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WHEREAS the Court has granted Defendants’ Motion in Limine 1, ordering that Plaintiff 

cannot present as an element of economic damages in the trial of this matter the cost of goods and/or 

services provided by the City and County of San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital in 

connection with the treatment of Michael Garner for injuries Michael Garner sustained on November 

27, 2013;

IT IS STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES to this action, through their 

respective counsel, that the City and County of San Francisco will not directly or indirectly assert at 

any time in the future the right to payment for the goods and services provided by the City and County 

of San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital in connection with the treatment of Michael 

Garner for injuries Michael Garner sustained on November 27, 2013. Nor will the City and County of 

San Francisco seek recovery of any City or County tax against Mr. Garner in connection with the 

treatment of Michael Garner for injuries Michael Garner sustained on November 27, 2013. This 

stipulation does not address any other debts or obligations plaintiff Michael Garner may have with 

regard to the City and County of San Francisco.

Further, as this stipulation is being entered only as a result of the Court’s ruling against 

Plaintiff regarding what the Plaintiff respectfully believes to be an erroneous misinterpretation of the 

“Collateral Source Rule,” it is understood and agreed by the Parties and the Court that this stipulation 

in no way waives Plaintiff’s right to appeal the Court’s ruling on Defendant’s Motion in Limine 1.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: July 15, 2016

DENNIS J. HERRERA

City Attorney

CHERYL ADAMS

Chief Trial Deputy

JAMES HANNAWALT

Deputy City Attorney

By: /s/ James Hannawalt

JAMES HANNAWALT

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

OFFICER JARED P. HARRIS,

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Dated: July 25, 2016

Law Offices of James F. Costello

By: /s/ James F. Costello

 JAMES F. COSTELLO

 Attorney for Plaintiff MICHAEL GARNER

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the above stipulation, and for good cause appearing, the Court orders as follows:

City and County of San Francisco may not directly or indirectly assert at any time in the future 

the right to payment for the goods and services provided by the City and County of San Francisco at 

San Francisco General Hospital in connection with the treatment of Michael Garner for injuries 

Michael Garner sustained on November 27, 2013. This order does not address any other debts or 

obligations Michael Garner may have with regard to the City and County of San Francisco. The court 

will retain jurisdiction to enforce this order. Further, this Order will in no way be construed to limit 

Plaintiff’s right to appeal with respect to this Court’s ruling on Defendant’s Motion in Limine 1, 

relating to the so called “Collateral Source Rule.”

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: ______________________

Hon. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

United States Magistrate Judge

 ___________ July 26, 2016

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