A Newark man was paid a $1.3 million presuit settlement on May 11 after a van that was improperly parked on the street ran over one of his legs, which eventually had to be amputated below the knee due to necrosis.

Plaintiff Dyran Thomas was a 65-year-old retiree on disability for unrelated conditions when the motor vehicle accident occurred on Oct. 5, 2019, in Newark. There was no lawsuit filed by Thomas, and the matter was settled directly with the adjuster from GEICO last month without participation by defense counsel, according to Andrew Statmore and Lance Bitterman of Fredson Statmore Bitterman in Bloomfield, who represented Thomas.

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