The Brief
- A jury found a Metro Transit bus driver negligent in a bus accident that injured a pedestrian’s leg.
- The pedestrian was also found negligent, but the driver was primarily at fault.
- The total compensation added up to $4,268,354.40 in damages for health care expenses, pain, disability and emotional distress.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A jury ruled in favor of a man whose leg was run over during a Metro Transit bus accident to be awarded $4,268,354.40 in damages.
Man awarded $4.2 million in Metro Transit bus accident
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The civil complaint states the incident happened on Feb. 18, 2023, at the corner of Lake Street East and 3rd Avenue South in Minneapolis.
A pedestrian was attempting to get on the bus when the bus driver “negligently pulled from the stop when it was unsafe to do so, causing Plaintiff to fall to the ground where he was run over by Defendant, sustaining injuries to his leg,” according to court documents. …