by Renee Batti
Almanac Staff
A Menlo Park family is suing a motorist and a number of public agencies, including Menlo Park and Atherton, for negligence and the "dangerous condition of public property" as a result of 2011 accident that injured teenager Courtney Schrier.
Courtney's mother, Elizabeth Schrier, filed a lawsuit in San Mateo County Superior Court late last month on behalf of her daughter, who is a minor.
The lawsuit names the motorist who on July 26, 2011, struck Courtney in a crosswalk on El Camino Real at Alejandra Avenue. It also names the state of California and San Mateo County in addition to the two towns.
Courtney, who at the time was on the girls' cross-country team at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, was struck around 8:30 that morning by a BMW driven by Ranjit Pradhan. According to witnesses, she was thrown into the air by the car before landing on the ground and losing consciousness.
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From: Colleen Anderson
ReplyDeleteDate: Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:51 pm
Subject: Lawsuit filed…..
Really, I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have been in front of City Council to discuss the safety of our roads & children. Atherton has a hugh part in not keeping our children safe on our roads. I told them it was only a matter of time before they got sued. One meeting when I brought up safety issues on our roads someone came in to inform a council member someone was just killed. We are a small enough town to fix the problem. Why didn't we.