FRESNO - After an eleven-year legal battle that involved four different law firms, the city of Madera has settled the lawsuit that resulted from the 2002 shooting of 24 year-old boxer Everado Torres.
The settlement was reached Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fresno as lawyers prepared for jury selection. The city has agreed to pay the Torres family $775,000 which is just $20,000 more than was offered to them when the city attempted to settle this case in 2004.