On Nov. 30, 2023, around 2 p.m., Garry Fitzpatrick was on his way to work in an Uber, traveling south on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit when a QLine train rear-ended the car, leaving him with multiple surgeries and more than $400,000 in medical bills.
During 2025 depositions for his lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court, a QLine official and the train operator admitted the accident could have been prevented.
Still, the QLINE won’t settle with Fitzpatrick, 63, of Detroit, who says he is on medical disability from his job with a downtown Detroit property management firm as a result of the crash about 2½ years ago. He says he’s had two neck-related surgeries and may need a third for his lower back…