On Friday, the county of San Diego agreed to pay $10 million as part of a legal settlement over the death of 11-year-old Arabella McCormack, bringing the total to more than $30 million.

The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Arabella’s surviving younger sisters, described numerous failures to report and investigate child abuse prior to the girl’s death.

A San Diego police officer, LaWanda Fisher, who was also named in the civil lawsuit as directly contributing to the abuse agreed separately to pay $6,000 and to complete 20 hours of community service focusing on children’s issues and attend a course on child abuse and neglect.

The lawsuit accused Fisher of not only failing in her duty as a mandated reporter to report child abuse and neglect but also directly contributing to the abuse

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