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Student Hit By Car
Pinellas, FL: (Apr-11-08) The family of E'Traveon Johnson, a Fairmount Park Elementary student, brought a lawsuit against the Pinellas School Board, after the child was struck by a car after running away from his St. Petersburg elementary school in 2005. Records of the incident show that he ran away from the school and was struck by a Cutlass Supreme as he tried to cross Fifth Avenue S at 41st Street. The suit stated that E'Traveon, now 9, suffered life-threatening injuries the morning of April 12, 2005, as a result of the crash. His family said that the young boy spent more than three months at All Children's Hospital with injuries to his brain, spine and neck. Investigations carried out by the district show E'Traveon leaving the school and running through a set of glass doors, concluding that school officials were properly supervising children at the time of the accident.
In a recent development in the case, sources state that the Pinellas School Board is poised to approve a $1.1 million settlement in the case, rather than risk a trial and a larger jury verdict. School Board attorneys stated that a settlement would spare the child's mother, Chantelle Ross, from the pain of a lengthy trial. Earlier this month, a petition was filed for the approval of the settlement with the school district and the establishment of a special needs trust for E'Traveon, who remains paralyzed and depends upon Medicaid for his medical care. Of the payout, the district will pay the first $200,000, the maximum allowed under a state law that caps liability for school districts and other public agencies, and its insurance company would pay the remaining $900,000. [THE SAINT PETERSBURG TIMES: PINELLAS SCHOOL BOARD LIKELY TO PAY $1.1 MILLION SETTLEMENT]
Published on Apr-15-08
In a recent development in the case, sources state that the Pinellas School Board is poised to approve a $1.1 million settlement in the case, rather than risk a trial and a larger jury verdict. School Board attorneys stated that a settlement would spare the child's mother, Chantelle Ross, from the pain of a lengthy trial. Earlier this month, a petition was filed for the approval of the settlement with the school district and the establishment of a special needs trust for E'Traveon, who remains paralyzed and depends upon Medicaid for his medical care. Of the payout, the district will pay the first $200,000, the maximum allowed under a state law that caps liability for school districts and other public agencies, and its insurance company would pay the remaining $900,000. [
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