The city of Whittier has agreed to pay $7.5 million to a woman who suffered injuries after tripping over an unraised sidewalk, the woman’s attorney announced Friday.
Justine Gurrola said she was walking down a sidewalk with her nephew in Whittier on Feb. 25, 2018. When her foot caught an uplift, she fell forward, her attorneys said.
“Gurrola reached out her arm to try to break her fall and ultimately face-planted on the cement,” her legal team said in a statement…