The second-largest public liability result in 2014 was a $6.5 million settlement in Essex County obtained by attorney John O’Dwyer on behalf of a woman who lost her leg after she was hit by an NJ Transit bus.
Elba Galeno, then 42, was hit while crossing at the intersection of Main and Market streets in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 24, 2012. After striking Galeno and propelling her forward, bus driver Monica McRae placed the bus in reverse and backed up over her, so that the right front wheels came to rest on the victim’s legs, the suit said. Video evidence from two cameras mounted on the bus suggest McRae was inattentive and did not check for pedestrians before pulling into the intersection, the suit said.
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