Wednesday 26 December 2012

$7.7 Million Verdict Against San Diego - after the city canceled its tree-trimming program due to budget cuts

Courthouse News Service: SAN DIEGO (CN) - A jury ordered San Diego to pay $7.7 million to a man who was rendered paraplegic when one of the city's thousands of palm trees fell and crushed his legs, after the city canceled its tree-trimming program due to budget cuts.
A 60-foot tall queen palm fell on Michael Burke in his Mission Hills neighborhood on Jan. 21, 2010, shattering his pelvis and left leg.
Burke, who sued the city in Superior Court in 2011, said San Diego knew as early as 1984 that many of its stately palms are aging and diseased and should have been removed.

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