Dane County Ordered to Pay Legal Fees In 911 Lawsuit
County Weighing Appeal
Updated: 8:27 am CDT June 27, 2009
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READ: Dane County Executive's Directives To 911 Center Director (PDF) (Nov. 7, 2008)READ: Dispatcher: Mistake Was Made At 911 Center (Nov. 2008)READ: Director Of 911 Call Center Steps Down (Sept. 2008)READ: Dane County Changes 911 Policy After UW-Madison Student's DeathREAD: Dane County Unveils 911 Improvement PlanREAD: Dane County Committee Approves New Audit Of 911 CenterREAD: Officials Release Edited, Redacted Report On Controversial 911 CallREAD: Report Says 911 Dispatcher Made Protocol ErrorsREAD: Public Questions Reliability Of 911 CenterREAD: New Web Site Gives Information About 911 CenterREAD: Read Falk Memo To 911 Center (PDF Format) (May 2008)READ: Read Kathleen Falk Statement Regarding 911 Incident (PDF Format) (May 2008)
DANE COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER
SURVEY: Have Confidence In 911 Call Center?TALKBACK: What Do You Think?READ: Dane County Executive's Directives To 911 Center Director (PDF) (Nov. 7, 2008)READ: Dispatcher: Mistake Was Made At 911 Center (Nov. 2008)READ: Director Of 911 Call Center Steps Down (Sept. 2008)READ: Dane County Changes 911 Policy After UW-Madison Student's DeathREAD: Dane County Unveils 911 Improvement PlanREAD: Dane County Committee Approves New Audit Of 911 CenterREAD: Officials Release Edited, Redacted Report On Controversial 911 CallREAD: Report Says 911 Dispatcher Made Protocol ErrorsREAD: Public Questions Reliability Of 911 CenterREAD: New Web Site Gives Information About 911 CenterREAD: Read Falk Memo To 911 Center (PDF Format) (May 2008)READ: Read Kathleen Falk Statement Regarding 911 Incident (PDF Format) (May 2008) MADISON, Wis. -- A Dane County judge has ruled the county wrongfully withheld documents from the news media in the Brittany Zimmermann case.The judge ruled Friday that the county must now pay the media's legal fees."The county was deliberately withholding substantial portions of its 911 investigation report and voluminous e-mails and all digital recordings of the requested 911 phone calls pertaining to the crime," the judge said in the ruling.WISC-TV was one of the four news organizations involved in the lawsuit.The group sued to get documents pertaining to the county's investigation of its 911 Center and a call from Zimmermann's cell phone the day she was slain.Judge Richard Niess has not yet set the amount to be repaid.The county has not determined if it will file an appeal, but if it did and lost, those costs would also have to be paid by the county.
Previous Stories:
- December 5, 2008: City, State Seek To Join Zimmermann 911 Call Lawsuit
- July 29, 2008: Attorney: Zimmermann's Parents Drop Suit Against County, 911 Dispatcher
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