DOWNTOWN — Two pedestrians hit and injured by police vehicles would be paid a total of $400,000 as part of two settlements endorsed Tuesday by a City Council committee.
In August 2013, Carmen Carrillo suffered a broken arm, torn rotator cuff and broken leg when she was struck by a police vehicle while walking with her daughter-in-law near Ashland Avenue and 17th Street, according to her lawsuit.
City attorneys recommended paying Carrillo $213,000 to settle the lawsuit, city records show.
In a separate case, city lawyers recommended paying $190,000 to Dereks Norman, 60, who was struck at 63rd Street and Ashland Avenue by a police vehicle responding to a call for help, according to court records.
Before the crash, Norman had been drinking in a nearby park, First Assistant Corporation Counsel Jane Elinor Notz told the City Council's Finance Committee.
He was in a crosswalk when he was struck, and had a green light to cross the street, Notz said.
Video of the incident captured by the police car's dashcam is "dramatic," Notz told the committee, and could prove persuasive to a jury even though the police vehicle had its lights and sirens activated.
Norman suffered a deep cut to his scalp and a broken leg, clavicle and rib, Notz said.
Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th) said the settlement was tough to approve because Norman should have heard the sirens or seen the lights and moved out of the way of the police vehicle.
The full City Council is expected to finalize the settlement Wednesday.
