Michigan is paying $600K to settle a police case and getting an artifact from a famous shipwreck

Unusual Settlement Gives State Life Ring From Famous Wreck

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck. Taxpayers are paying $600,000 to settle the lawsuit...

State to pay Mich. man $600K to settle police lawsuit ... and to obtain his Edmund Fitzgerald artifact

The state will settle the lawsuit by Larry Orr, who accused a state police officer of violating his rights during a discredited investigation; Orr, in turn, agreed to give up the life ring

The odd way Michigan got hold of life ring from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald. The artifact strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck.

Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald

Larry Orr found it on the Lake Superior shore after the Fitzgerald sank during an incredible storm in November 1975. All 29 men on the ore vessel died.

State of Michigan acquires artifact from a famous shipwreck after settling lawsuit

DETROIT — The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck.

Edmund Fitzgerald: US$600K paid to settle police case, get artifact from famous shipwreck

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck.