A California woman who was struck by a police car in a\nparking lot as she tried to find her dropped cigarette on the ground next to\nher car has reached a $260,000 settlement with the Santa Rosa Police Department\nin the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 29-year-old woman, Laure Friedell, had stopped at a\nconvenience store on West Steele Lane in Santa Rosa at 4:40 p.m. on April 27,\n2017, and left\na lit cigarette under her car<\/a> by the left front tire before walking into\nthe store, according to an Aug. 23 story in The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat<\/em>\nnewspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When she came out of the store, she couldn’t find the\nlit cigarette and hunched over next to her parked car to try to find it on the\nground. While she was looking for the lit cigarette, a city-owned pickup truck\nbeing driven by a police detective pulled into the empty parking spot next to\nFreidell’s parked car, but the officer didn’t see her hunched over and looking\non the ground, the story reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The officer, Detective Michael Spediacci III, was\nheading to a nearby police substation to fill out his timecard and was watching\na large tree on the other side of his pickup as he entered the parking spot. But\nas his truck moved forward slowly, he struck the woman’s right foot and left\nleg with his truck as she crawled on the asphalt in the parking lot. He didn’t\nrealize she was there or that he had struck her until he heard her cry out in\npain, the story reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friedell, who suffered serious and potentially\npermanent leg injuries from the police truck driving over her, filed a lawsuit\nagainst the city in March of 2018. The Santa Rosa City Council agreed to settle\nthe case for $260,000 in exchange for the victim dropping her lawsuit. The incident\ndidn\u2019t break any bones or tear any ligaments in her legs but left her\ntemporarily unable to put weight on her left leg and left her legs uneven,\nwhich could require future surgery. She was unable to worry for a period of\ntime after the incident, the story continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal\ncases like this one occur around the nation every day and are examples of\nsimilar kinds of truck and car crash cases that MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> attorneys\nregularly work on tirelessly for our own clients. Often, we are not able to\ndiscuss the cases we are actively working on due to confidentiality\nrequirements, so we discuss other relevant cases in the news such as this one\nto illustrate the legal situations people find themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you\nneed a truck or car accident injury attorney<\/a>, we here at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> stand\nready to assist you with your legal case if you or a loved one is ever\nseriously injured in any kind of car crash, slip and fall, pedestrian\ninjury, workplace injury or wrongful death in Philadelphia or anywhere in the\nUnited States. We pledge to make sure that you and your family get the\ncompassionate, dogged and experienced legal representation that you deserve and\nexpect from a professional legal team which works hard to uncover every fact to\nbolster your case and maximize your damage award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\nrepresent the families of victims who die in such tragedies as well, to ensure\nthat their families receive every penny of damages that they are eligible to\nreceive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a\nPhiladelphia car crash attorney at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em><\/a> by calling 215-227-2727 or toll-free\nat 1-866-907-2231 anytime and our experienced, compassionate,\naggressive team of attorneys and support staff will be there for you and your\nfamily every step of the way as we manage your case through the legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n