The Brief
- Metro Transit has agreed to pay an injured skateboarder $500,000, which is the maximum under state liability laws.
- The man was badly injured after he was struck and run over by a bus last year.
- Attorneys say recent injury cases show why liability caps incentivizes Metro Transit to “delay” litigation.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Metro Transit will pay $500,000 to a skateboarder who was run over by a bus in a south Minneapolis intersection, according to his attorney. The half-million settlement is the maximum allowed on liability claims against governmental entities under state law.
Video captures moment bus strikes, runs over skateboarder
What we know:
Metro Transit has agreed to settle a negligence lawsuit with Bradley Legrid for $500,000.
The agency agreed to settle the case days after the FOX 9 Investigators obtained video that showed Legrid being run over while riding a motorized skateboard in a crosswalk at the intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue. …