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$9.5M Settlement for Driver Crushed by Limb from Badly-Maintainted Tree

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Larry Bodine
aaj, atla, ntl, tree limb, auto accident

The plaintiff filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city in 2012, charging that the city failed to trim the tree. A jury awarded her $12.5 million.

After 3 years in court, the Savannah, GA, City Council agreed to a $9.5 million settlement for Shanta Greene, who was riding in a car in 2010 that was hit by a falling tree limb as it drove down Bee road, trapping her inside.

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