The Kuhrt family of Hamburg sued the state in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in November 2020 over the death of Christopher Kuhrt in a group home in Little Valley.
The attorney for the family of Troy A. Hodge, the Lockport man who died after a fracas with the city s police last year, has released a list of demands Hodge s family wants fulfilled before settling a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
Any settlement likely would have to include a cash payment, attorney Joseph D. Morath Jr. said.
But the terms he presented also include the firing of two officers and punishment for two others, new training to prevent future situations like Hodge s and the hiring of Black police officers. Lockport has never had one. Financial recovery is important for (Hodge s) daughter, but that s the second step, Morath said.