The family of two Bayonne brothers who drowned in the Lincoln Community School on June 9th, 2022 will not accept an offer from the board of education to settle for $14 million, their attorney exclusively told HCV today.
“Please take notice that pursuant to Rule 4:58, Defendants the Bayonne Board of Education, Cory Kettleman, Alexander Mariak, Lisa Kohler, Nicole Layo, Michael Pierson, John Rickard, and Ashley Danback hereby offer to allow judgment to be entered against Defendants on all claims and potential claims in this action in the global amount of seven million dollars collectively, inclusive of all costs and attorneys’ fees,” Roshan Shah filed in a joint offer to take judgement for Chu Ming Zheng on September 5th.
“The total judgment amount which Defendants shall be obligated to pay, including recoverable costs, attorneys’ fees, and all elements of recovery on the claims and potential claims for relief made by all plaintiffs, the Estate of Chu Ming Zheng, Qing Zheng, and Mei Jiang as both administrators of the estate and individually, shall not exceed seven million dollars. Nothing herein shall be construed as an admission of liability on the part of the Defendants.”…