They say that the risk to go to court is too great financially and they herald their efforts as saving the taxpayers money. When you settle every law suit, all of them, all of the time and you rarely fight them in court you become an easy target. Eighteen cases were settled last year and so far 10 cases this year. None were ever brought before the court. According to the minutes of the commission meetings the outside attorneys representing the city have yet to actually go to trial and defend the City in any of the cases.
Settlement seems to be their only course of action.
It is easy to settle a case when it's not your money. It is even easier knowing as an attorney for our city that you will get paid no matter what. To prove my point, here is a list of cases settled so far and their respective links to information about them. Click on the underlined Plaintiff and you will get to the information that the City of Coral Springs has on the case. Two of the cases this year do not have associated links as the city has failed to publish their information.