The city of Davis has agreed to pay $18.3 million to end a lawsuit brought by a resident who fell and injured herself due to a damaged city sidewalk, in what appears to be one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history.
The settlement, first reported by the Davis Enterprise, stems from an August 2022 incident where the resident tripped over a portion of sidewalk that had been forced up by a tree root and obscured by overgrown plants.
In all, the settlement totals $18.5 million. The contractor responsible for sidewalk landscaping, Brightview Landscaping, will pay $200,000. The city of Davis will be responsible for the remaining $18.3 million…