CHILD STRUCK & KILLED BY MUNICIPAL CITY TRUCK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: FAMILY RECEIVES LARGE SETTLEMENT
The city of San Francisco awarded $21 million to the family of a 4-year-old girl killed by a city Municipal Railway maintenance truck in 2003 in a settlement that was approved by the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. This is the largest payout ever awarded for a personal injury case by the city of San Francisco. After the family was awarded $27 million by a jury in 2005, the city appealed. The case now concludes with the approved settlement. The payment will come from the Municipal Railway budget and will be made in installments over the next three years.
The girl was struck and killed in February, 2003, in the Mission District area of San Francisco on her way home from preschool. As she and her mother stood on the sidewalk, the truck jumped the curb and pinned the child against a building. Tragically the girl did not survive.
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