WOMAN SEEKS $1 MILLION IN FALL ON SIMI SHUTTLE.Byline: Douglas Clark
Douglas Clark (born 1942) is an English poet. Clark was born in Darlington, County Durham, England, to Scottish parents in 1942. Daily News Staff Writer A senior citizen who claims she was disabled when the driver pushed her while she was exiting a Dial-A-Ride bus has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the city and the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Transit Authority. In the lawsuit filed Dec. 18 in Ventura Superior Court, Margaret Paramo pa·ra·mo n. pl. pa·ra·mos A treeless alpine plateau of the Andes and tropical South America. [American Spanish páramo, from Spanish, wasteland.] , 69, alleges that as a result of the fall, she suffered head trauma, bruises and a leg injury that still requires her to walk with a cane. City Attorney John Torrance said Simi Valley would fight the lawsuit. Paramo and her Simi Valley attorney, Merlin L. Reed, declined comment. 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 suit, the incident occurred at 10:45 a.m. March 12, as Paramo was exiting a Dial-A-Ride shuttle in the 3000 block of Sycamore Drive. ``The Dial-A-Ride shuttle bus driver, an employee of the city of Simi Valley, pushed (Paramo) as she was exiting the bus causing . . . great bodily injury,'' according to the suit. The lawsuit contradicts a $250,000 claim filed against the city May 5 in which Paramo states, ``the driver, Luis, attempted to assist her, in doing so caused her to lose balance and fall.'' As a result, the suit said, Paramo was hospitalized from March 31 to May 3, and ``continues to be disabled.'' The claim also states that lacerations to Paramo's lower left leg caused ``gangrenous gangrenous pertaining to, marked by, or of the nature of gangrene. gangrenous cellulitis gangrenous necrosis of the skin of the thorax and thighs of chickens of 1 to 4 months of age caused by Clostridium septicum infection,'' and that the damages sought were ``estimated, providing a good recovery is made and Mrs. Paramo does not lose her leg(s).'' Ray Turpin, Simi Valley deputy director of transit, said the city's three Dial-A-Ride buses, which seat 10 to 17 people, offer services for the disabled Services for the disabled are those government or other institutional services specifically provided to enable people who are disabled to participate on equal grounds in society. and elderly citizens of Simi Valley. While seniors pay a ``requested donation,'' disabled passengers pay a $1 one-way fare. Turpin declined to say whether Paramo was classified as a senior citizen or disabled resident before the incident. |
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