Massey v. Arcadia Unified School District
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2018
CASE:
Massey v. Arcadia Unified School District
THE SETTLEMENT:
$3,750,000
ATTORNEYS:
Candice Klein, Tom Schultz, Sarah Kim and Rahul Ravipudi
PRACTICE AREAS:
Dangerous Condition of Public Property, Brain Injury, Government Liability
CASE SYNOPSIS:
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Candice Klein, Tom Schultz, Sarah Kim and Rahul Ravipudi obtained a $3,750,000 settlement for a young girl who suffered significant permanent disabilities and deficiencies as a result of injuries she sustained during a fall from a swing that had broken from its swing set at school.
On April 25, 2014, Madeline Massey was swinging on a swing while attending a district run after-school program at Hugo Reid Elementary School when the S-hook connecting the swing chain to the top of the swing set disconnected. As a result, the 6-year-old girl fell from the swing and violently struck her head on the ground resulting in fractures to her skull and a traumatic brain injury.
The Arcadia Unified School District failed to provide adequate safeguards against this known dangerous condition of the swing set by failing to check and replace the S-hooks with U-bolts as well as take the swings out of commission until the S-hooks had been repaired or replaced. The District admitted liability and the case settled prior to trial.