LIST: City of Abilene awarded nearly $400K in settlements in 2024

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The City of Abilene awarded nearly $400,000 in settlements to more than 50 individuals and businesses during the 2024 calendar year.

In light of citizen Eddie Pugh receiving a settlement just short of $100,000 following his wrongful arrest, KTAB and KRBC filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get information on all of the lawsuits settled recently.

The City of Abilene then provided the following list, which shows sums of $148.71 to $101,319.99 were awarded across 52 different settlements from January 1 to December 31, 2024:

• D. W. (Individual) – $101,319.99
• E. P. (Individual) – $99,999.00
• J. F. (Individual) – $22,024.58
• C. R. (Individual) – $18,585.01
• B.B. (Individual) – $18,124.35
• Middleton Prison – $17,965.00
• J.T. (Individual) – $14,220.01
• N.B. (Individual) + Allstate – $11,632.83
• L.E. (Individual) – $9,697.84
• CBAX Properties – $9,200.00
• Texas Metals and Recycling – $8,908.98
• AT&T – $6,786.11
• Y. H. (Individual) – $6,752.78
• I. G. (Individual) – $6,092.19
• G. T. (Individual) -$5,798.88
• T. M. (Individual) – $5,538.44
• C. L. (Individual) – $4,417.10
• Bryant’s Plumbing – $3,779.03
• AT&T – $3,753.22
• Salvation Army – $3,571.00
• D. W. (Individual) – $3,286.10
• E. R. (Individual) – $2,497.50
• American Communities Belair Estates – $2,275.00
• Kent Harley Davidson – $2,111.89
• J. Z. (Individual) – $1,887.00
• R. H. (Individual) – $1,585.00
• AT&T – $1,549.20
• E. L. (Individual) – $1,545.88
• Reflections Townhomes – $1,487.56
• I. W. (Individual) – $1,466.05
• L. R. (Individual) – $1,200.00
• S. D. (Individual) – $1,139.00
• P. G. (Individual) – $1,071.06
• P. J. (Individual) – $1,000.00
• W. G. (Individual) – $1,000.00
• J. B. (Individual) – $909.00
• V. D. (Individual) – $880.00
• B. O. (Individual) – $806.65
• R. D. (Individual) – $550.00
• E. G. (Individual) – $532.50
• D. R. (Individual) – $516.45
• C. B. (Individual) – $481.24
• S. W. (Individual) – $450.00
• Arrow Ford – $450.00
• Day Nursery of Abilene – $440.00
• S. T. (Individual) – $377.92
• J. N. (Individual) – $335.80
• L. J. B. (Individual) – $311.00
• A. U. (Individual) – $250.00
• C. C. (Individual) – $175.00
• D. S. (Individual) – $150.00
• R. C. (Individual) – $148.71

The total dollar amount of these settlements awarded by the City of Abilene in 2024 is approximately $392,907.50.

KTAB and KRBC asked the City of Abilene how the process for reaching settlements works and when or if the decision to reach a settlement is ever brought before the city council or a public vote, but the City declined to offer a comment, saying “just like a lawsuit between any two parties, every circumstance and particulars of a case vary.”

No further information is available at this time.