A city council in Pennsylvania has approved a $5 millionsettlement with the estate of a police officer who was shot and killed insidepolice headquarters more than four years ago.

Council members in Easton, Pennsylvania, met with a citysolicitor and an attorney for the police officer’s estate behind closed doors.The settlement ends a two year legal fight with the widow of officer JesseSollman.

Scottsdale Insurance Co., which carries the city’s $10million police policy, had refused to pay Carin Sollman for her husbands death.The Insurance Company argued that the workers’ comp claim must be paid by thecity alone.

U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sanchez dismissedScottsdale’s arguments and held them responsible for covering the city ofEaston.

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