A 59 year old man from Elmwood Park recently won a settlement of $500,000 against the boroughs of Hawthorne and Tilcon Quarry for a motorcycle accident he was involved in back in 2009. What happened was his leg was crushed by his own bike in an accident caused by the road being unsafe on a residential street. The man then sued both boroughs due to the fact that they used heavy trucks to drive through a residential area which damaged the road and made it unsafe for people riding on it.
The boroughs allegedly knew of this problem with the road being unsafe and mentioned that they were going to fix it but never did. Many of the trucks that drove through also wouldn't put covering over its cargo so there would be rocks that fell out the back and it would be scattered all over the road. For this accident, the motorcyclists skid across a manhole that was covered with gravel which made it very slippery. As a result of this accident, the motorcyclists leg was crushed and he needed emergency surgery to fix it. For the settlement of $500,000, both boroughs will split it and have to pay the man as it was determined that they were at fault for his injuries.
If you have been injured in a motorcycle accident, call the offices of Zinda and Davis who can help you.
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