Trumbull settles with fired relatives for nearly $500,000

WARREN

So far, David DeChristofaro, Trumbull County engineer, has agreed to pay out $490,000 to settle lawsuits filed by two relatives of his predecessor.

Matt Dohy, hired by his father-in-law, former county engineer John Latell, as a surveyor in 2005, settled with DeChristofaro for $315,000.

Amanda Latell, daughter-in-law of the former engineer, settled for $175,000. John Latell hired her as a secretary in 2005.

The two were laid off on DeChristofaro’s first day in office.

Of that $490,000, the county has been charged $116,203, and the county’s insurance, the Ohio Consortium of Risk Sharing

Authority, has paid the other $273,797.

Jim Keating, the county’s human-resources director, says it’s likely that the county’s insurance rate will rise in May, when the premium comes due again, as a result of the payouts.

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