COUNTY SETTLES SUITS OVER PEDESTRIAN INJURIES.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County will pay $430,000 to settle lawsuits filed by a man and a woman over a February 2000 accident involving a sheriff's patrol car in front of the Lancaster sheriff's station. The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. voted Tuesday to pay $425,000 to Kelly Allen, who suffered a broken leg and eye injuries on Feb. 27, 2000, when she struck by a patrol car while crossing Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling at Lancaster Boulevard during a rain storm. The settlement agreement includes a $5,000 payment to Dale Crockett, who was with Allen at the time of the accident. ``A jury is likely to conclude that the sheriff's deputy was partially responsible for the accident for not seeing Ms. Allen and Mr. Crockett in the crosswalk prior to the collision,'' assistant county counsel Roger Granbo wrote in a report to supervisors. A traffic investigation determined that Allen and Crockett entered the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. against a ``do not walk'' sign and were the cause of the collision, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the county's report. The county's estimated potential damages in the lawsuits was $867,000. Allen and Crockett had sought to settle for $3 million. County officials said Allen was struck by a patrol car that was turning left onto Sierra Highway. The patrol car was traveling at about 10 mph at impact. Allen and Crockett told deputies they were walking to their Beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus Avenue home from Lancaster Boulevard and Division Street when they were caught in the sudden downpour. Deputies said the two told them that they were hurrying and did not know whether the crosswalk sign was green or red. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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