The city of Orlando is now paying up in the excessive force case against an Orlando police officer.Last month, 86-year-old Daniel Daley won a civil case against Travis Lamont. He persuaded a jury that the officer used excessive force with a takedown maneuver outside an Orange Avenue bar two years ago. The maneuver left Daley with a broken neck and big hospital bills.The city cleared Lamont of any wrongdoing in 2010, but an Orange County jury awarded Daley $880,000."I don't give a damn about the money," said Daley in August.Both Lamont and the city have maintained that the jury didn't get to hear the whole story of what happened outside of the bar, so on Sept. 6 Lamont filed a motion for a new trial. They believed that the jury wasn't permitted to hear more about Daley's intoxicated behavior.However, a settlement was recently reached."There was a judgment entered in federal court, so it was appropriate that we deal with it," said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.Dyer said it made no sense to continue running up legal bills for taxpayers and indicated the jury's decision was a criticism of a single officer's actions, not department philosophy on excessive force. "What the jury also found was that the city's procedures in terms of training were appropriate. The city was dismissed totally from the lawsuit, so I think that validates the methodology that we use," said Dyer.The settlement is costly for taxpayers: $880,000 to Daley and his legal team and another $100,000 for the city's attorney and expenses which totals more than $980,000.The city is self insured, but it has a policy that has a $500,000 deductible, so it's possible that taxpayers will pay that amount to settle the case.

The city of Orlando is now paying up in the excessive force case against an Orlando police officer.

Last month, 86-year-old Daniel Daley won a civil case against Travis Lamont. He persuaded a jury that the officer used excessive force with a takedown maneuver outside an Orange Avenue bar two years ago. The maneuver left Daley with a broken neck and big hospital bills.

The city cleared Lamont of any wrongdoing in 2010, but an Orange County jury awarded Daley $880,000.

"I don't give a damn about the money," said Daley in August.

Both Lamont and the city have maintained that the jury didn't get to hear the whole story of what happened outside of the bar, so on Sept. 6 Lamont filed a motion for a new trial. They believed that the jury wasn't permitted to hear more about Daley's intoxicated behavior.

However, a settlement was recently reached.

"There was a judgment entered in federal court, so it was appropriate that we deal with it," said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.

Dyer said it made no sense to continue running up legal bills for taxpayers and indicated the jury's decision was a criticism of a single officer's actions, not department philosophy on excessive force.

"What the jury also found was that the city's procedures in terms of training were appropriate. The city was dismissed totally from the lawsuit, so I think that validates the methodology that we use," said Dyer.

The settlement is costly for taxpayers: $880,000 to Daley and his legal team and another $100,000 for the city's attorney and expenses which totals more than $980,000.

The city is self insured, but it has a policy that has a $500,000 deductible, so it's possible that taxpayers will pay that amount to settle the case.