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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS <br /> This is an agreement ("Agreement") between Michael W. Weaver and his marital <br /> community, Amy Weaver, (referred to in this agreement as "you"), and the City of Everett <br /> (referred to in this agreement as the"City," "us,"or"we"). This Agreement is dated for reference <br /> purposes the day of September,2021, which is the date we delivered this Agreement to you <br /> for your consideration. The terms of this Agreement are contingent on approval by the City of <br /> Everett City Council. <br /> RECITALS <br /> Whereas, Michael W. Weaver was employed by the City of Everett Fire Department <br /> beginning in 1996; <br /> Whereas, in 2011 Michael W. Weaver was diagnosed with melanoma on his upper <br /> scapula, and following diagnosis, Michael W. Weaver made an occupational disease claim <br /> against the City of Everett under RCW 51 et seq.; <br /> Whereas, during that claim Michael W. Weaver was represented by Ron Meyers and <br /> Associates and following a hearing, on February 11, 2013, the Board of Industrial Insurance <br /> Appeals determined that Mr.Weaver's condition,diagnosed as melanoma, did not arise naturally <br /> and proximately out of the distinctive conditions of his employment with the City of Everett Fire <br /> Department, the statutory presumption of RCW 51.32.185 had been rebutted by a preponderance <br /> of the evidence, his melanoma was not an occupational disease under RCW 51.08.140, and the <br /> Department of Labor and Industries correctly rejected the claim; <br /> Whereas, in January 2014, Michael W. Weaver received a diagnosis of malignant <br /> melanoma, after his medical team discovered that he had metastatic brain cancer originating <br /> from his prior melanoma; <br /> Whereas, Michael W. Weaver filed a second occupational disease claim with the City of <br /> Everett under RCW 51 et seq., alleging that his malignant melanoma was the result of his <br /> employment with the City of Everett; <br /> Whereas, the above-referenced malignant melanoma claim became the subject of <br /> extended litigation between Weaver and the City,culminating in the decision of the Washington <br /> Supreme Court in Weaver v. City of Everett, 194 Wn.2d 464, 450 P.3d 177 (2019), in which the <br /> Supreme Court determined that Mr. Weaver's second malignant melanoma claim was not <br /> foreclosed by the rejection of his originating melanoma claim; <br /> Whereas, since the time of the Supreme Court decision, Weaver and the City have <br /> endeavored to resolve all disputes between them since, on the one hand, Mr. Weaver believes <br /> and continues to assert that his malignant melanoma was the result of exposures which occurred <br /> during his employment by the City of Everett,and the City of Everett has continued to assert that <br /> Page 1 of 9 <br />