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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Hanford has been ordered to wage implicit $17 cardinal successful damages to 2 women successful their 80s who were injured erstwhile a metropolis worker ran a halt motion successful 2023.
On Tuesday, Sweet James Accident Attorneys announced they person secured a $17.4 cardinal verdict pursuing a assemblage proceedings connected behalf of 2 injured victims, which they picture arsenic the "largest verdict successful Kings County history."
According to the firm, the lawsuit progressive a postulation collision connected Feb. 26, 2023, successful which a metropolis worker was traveling astatine 51 miles per hr successful a tree-trimming truck. The operator allegedly ran a halt motion and struck the victim's vehicle. As a effect the victims, 2 women successful their 80s, had important "orthopedic and caput injuries."
The 2 victims shared the $17.4 cardinal settlement: 89-year-old Gayle received $9.6 cardinal and 81-year-old Barbara received $7.8 million.
In a connection to YourCentralValley.com, the City of Hanford confirmed that grant magnitude and that it is compensation "for each past and aboriginal aesculapian attraction on with past and aboriginal damages for symptom and suffering."
The City of Hanford adds that unit worked with its insurer to find colony offers - adding that the eventual assemblage grant magnitude was "considerably less" than the magnitude primitively requested by the plaintiffs.
The closing day of the proceedings was Aug. 29; the assemblage came backmost with a verdict the adjacent day.
The City of Hanford says damages volition beryllium paid by the city's security liability excavation and volition not impact the General Fund oregon immoderate services the metropolis provides.
