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An Essex County judge on Jan 6 approved a $1.2 million settlement for a teenage pedestrian whose pelvis was crushed when a car struck her while she was crossing a street. The accident occurred on Park Street in Montclair on Jan 10, 2005. Lucy Phillips fractured her sacrum and femur, suffered a degloving of her right thigh and underwent lumbar fusion, placement of a plate and screws in her leg and attachment of an external fixator to stabilize her pelvis.

Now 14, she limps and faces the possibility of back problems and impaired fertility. Under the settlement, Phillips' father will receive $47,018 for medical expenses. The rest will fund a structure.
- Mary P Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal

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Rutgers University agreed on Oct 6 to pay $1 million to settle a Middlesex County suit by a student struck by a university police car while walking on the Piscataway campus. The car's driver, Officer Joyce Shei, said she was blinded by afternoon sun glare and was reaching for her cell phone at the time, 4 pm on Feb 4, 2003.

Aaminah Mirza fractured her right patella and tore her left-knee ligament. She missed two months of classes and upon returning was in a wheelchair for two months. The plaintiff's expert witness was prepared to testify that Mirza, now 22, is at a heightened risk of arthritis that will require a knee replacement in the future.

The university stipulated to liability and agreed to damages in mediation.

(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)

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