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By Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporter
February 4, 2011
Metro to pay disabled attorney $4.5M for bus accident in crosswalk
A Seattle woman struck by a Metro bus while she was in a crosswalk on Seattle's
Alaskan Way in 2008 has reached a $4.5 million settlement with King County.
A Seattle woman struck by a Metro bus while she was in a crosswalk on Seattle's Alaskan Way in 2008 has reached a $4.5 million settlement with King County.
The settlement between Ree Ah Bloedow, 45, and the county was reached two weeks before the case was to have gone to trial.
"We deeply regret the incident occurred," said King County spokeswoman Rochelle Ogershok. "We think it was a fair settlement. Now the pedestrian will have the resources needed for her medical needs."
Bloedow's attorney, Jack Connelly, said the settlement was important because Bloedow lost her career as a staff attorney for the state Department of Social and Health Services because of the brain injury she suffered in the accident.
Bloedow was crossing Alaskan Way in January 2008 when she was struck by a mirror on the bus. Along with the brain injury, her arm was shattered. Connelly said the settlement will not only pay for needed medical care but also lost wages because she had to leave her job.
The lawsuit was filed in early 2009 and was set to go to trial Feb. 14.
The settlement is important, Connelly said, because Bloedow is unlikely to regain her mental faculties, and her career is gone.
"I appreciate the fact King County recognized the injury and its responsibility to her. She walked in a clearly marked crosswalk and the driver wasn't watching," he said.
The county admits it was negligent and accepts responsibility for the accident, according to a letter from the King County prosecutor.
It's not the largest settlement Metro has paid in an injury claim. A year ago it agreed to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman severely injured when a Metro Transit supervisor's van struck her while she was riding a Vespa scooter to work.