A man who was hit by police fire in a fatal shooting in Cottage Grove nearly four years ago has reached a settlement agreement to pay down his medical bills.

Donald Sobaszkiewicz was in the back seat of a vehicle stopped by police during a weapons investigation in July 2010. Another of the vehicle’s occupants, Jeffrey Lee Clausen, 33, of St. Paul Park was ordered out of the car and reportedly appeared to be holding a weapon. Four members of Washington County’s Special Response Team — Woodbury police officers Chris Donahoe, Jeff Gort and Chris Ployhart and Cottage Grove police officer Matt Foucault — then opened fire.

Clausen died at the scene.

Sobaszkiewicz was shot three times and taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

Sobaszkiewicz sued multiple law enforcement agencies and officers — including the Washington County sheriff’s office and the Woodbury and Cottage Grove police departments — claiming their negligence led to his injuries.

The federal suit was filed in March 2012.

A settlement agreement reached in January is pending formal finalization.

Sobaszkiewicz is expected to receive a payment of $25,000, which will cover medical costs to date, his attorney, Terrence Duggins, said Tuesday.

The lawsuit was filed “to try and make him whole. He was hit by three different bullets. He’s still got some ongoing problems,” Duggins said. “It’s not behind him until we get everything in writing and the money is released. And that’s where we are now.”

The settlement will be paid by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, according to attorney Joseph Flynn, who represented the law enforcement agencies.

The settlement amount was “the absolute limit we would pay,” Flynn said. “If it was going to be more, we would have gone ahead with our motions to dismiss.”

Flynn said the agreement is not an admission of wrongdoing.

“We absolutely maintain we didn’t do anything wrong,” Flynn said.

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