Settlement & Exposure Spine (Final - Re-Balanced)
INTERNAL NEGOTIATION ANCHOR: $3,177,130.00
1. Core Due Process & Jurisdictional Deprivation
Theory: Void judgment, unlawful dispossession, state-action deprivation
Allocated Value: $975,000
- Defective service / no jurisdiction.
- Default judgment entered without notice.
- Writ executed without lawful predicate.
- Removal without eviction case or hearing.
- Court reliance on unresolved factual conflicts. Rationale: This bucket alone justifies seven figures if it proceeds federally. It is clean, well-documented, and not speculative.
2. ADA & Disability-Based Procedural Exclusion
Theory: Failure to accommodate, exclusion from process, disparate impact
Allocated Value: $640,000
- Repeated disclosure of disability.
- Refusal of written communication accommodation.
- No interactive ADA process.
- Heightened notice obligations ignored.
- Removal executed despite known cognitive/auditory limitations. Rationale: Strong liability, but damages are often compressed unless coupled to deprivation (captured in Category 1).
3. Credit Reporting & Financial Strangulation
Theory: FCRA systemic misreporting + foreclosure aftermath harm
Allocated Value: $515,000
- Continuous misreporting (Aug–Feb).
- Inability to obtain credit cards or bridge loans.
- Loss of ability to stabilize housing.
- Inability to secure transportation financing.
- Compounded harm during tax season runway window. Rationale: Documented denial of access to capital, causally tied to misreporting.
4. Forced Relocation & Economic Displacement (Evansville)
Theory: Foreseeable economic harm from unlawful displacement
Allocated Value: $420,000
- Forced move to Evansville due to lack of housing.
- Severing of Indianapolis client base.
- In-person tax clients unable/unwilling to travel.
- Collapse of local professional network.
- Lost seasonal income window. Rationale: Direct consequence of removal + credit harm. Foreseeable and rational.
5. Housing Instability & Survival Conditions
Theory: Foreseeable harm, negligence, humanitarian exposure
Allocated Value: $255,000
- Bug-infested, unsafe housing.
- Coercive rent escalation threats.
- Repeated hotel expenditures.
- Roach-infested motel conditions.
- Funds diverted from savings/down payment to survival.
6. Property Damage, Spoliation & Post-Removal Conduct
Theory: Negligence, conversion, spoliation
Allocated Value: $215,000
- Burst pipes, mold, spoilage.
- Disabled security cameras.
- Unlogged entry and property handling.
- Loss/destruction of personal property.
7. Third-Party & Collateral Harm
Theory: Foreseeability, consequential damages (non-party)
Allocated Value: $110,000
- Afghan ally displacement / instability.
- Emotional and logistical harm to mother.
- Dependents affected by removal. Note: These are foreseeable collateral harms supporting severity and recklessness, not separate plaintiffs.
8. Transportation & Accident Fallout (Tesla / Lyft Incident)
Theory: Consequential economic harm
Allocated Value: $47,130
Rationale: Proportionate acknowledgement of consequential economic harm without providing an opening for causation attacks.
TOTAL SETTLEMENT ANCHOR: $3,177,130.00