“The functions in the ‘Tolga case’ have attained an agreed out-of-court remedy. The municipality has no feedback over and above this.”
The municipality of Tolga writes it on Friday on its web site.
The content material of the settlement is secret, but the brothers’ attorney, Nicolai V. Skjerdal, confirms that it has monetary compensation.
– It goes without having stating that this lawsuit, which was following all about a declare the moment settled, has something to do with cash, Skjerdal tells NRK.
Prevent lawful action
The demo amongst the brothers Magnus and Lars Peder Holøyen and the Tolga municipality was to get started in the Østre Innlandet district court docket in Tynset in January.
The brothers are acknowledged to have requested a overall compensation of NOK 3 million from the municipality of Tolga and the condition.
The deal implies there will be no demo. The municipality’s lawyer, Jørgen L. Stræte, confirms this to NRK.
No 1 in the municipality will remark on this.
Area below guardianship
In 2018, VG unveiled that Lars Peder and Magnus Holøyen experienced been registered as mentally disabled by the municipality with no getting identified.
They had been then positioned less than guardianship in opposition to their will.
Later, it was not apparent who really should be held accountable.
The municipality of Tolga turned down the claim for payment.
The district court docket and the appeals court held that the case should really be directed in opposition to the condition and not the municipality. But the Supreme Court agreed with the brothers that they experienced the right to sue the municipality of Tolga.
Glad to have a resolution
Now the municipality of Tolga has picked to negotiate an arrangement with the two brothers.
The parties undertake not to say what the settlement is about and how a lot compensation the two brothers will acquire.
Legal professional Nicolai Skjerdal states that an arrangement is a maturation approach and that the solution is mainly someplace in concerning positions.
– We are happy that the subject is resolved. And because it truly is set, we’re also pleased to have it now, fairly than acquiring a court docket conclusion in the foreseeable future. It truly is a case that could go up to two, and maybe a few, circumstances, claims Skjerdal.
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