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Monday, April 26, 2004The urologist, Nicholas Stroumbakis, and his 4-year-old son were going for one last run after a day of sledding when their plastic sled crashed into a foot-deep drainage ditch at the base of the hill, said Dr. Stroumbakis's lawyer, Stewart M. Casper. Father and son were thrown from the sled, and Dr. Stroumbakis broke his leg in two places, which kept him from work for five months, Mr. Casper said. The doctor sued for negligence, claiming the town had created a public nuisance by failing to maintain the ditch, and on April 14, the jury agreed, awarding him $6.3 million. The town, which is challenging the award, would have to pay $500,000 of the verdict, said Mr. Crumbine, the selectman. The remainder would be covered by insurance. So far, there is no formal proposal to ban sledding, and Mr. Crumbine said he did not know whether the issue would emerge at the next meeting of selectmen. "It's just been talk up to this point," he said. Though $6 million or so may seem like a hefty sum, Mr. Casper said the town should be thankful that it was not a Fortune 500 chief executive who was laid up for five months. "They're lucky he was only a highly skilled urologist," Mr. Casper said. "A surgeon doesn't make anywhere near what some of these Greenwich residents make." Guess he's never heard of disability insurance. posted by Sydney on 4/26/2004 01:33:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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