Estate of Katheryn Trent Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit For $95,000
Katheryn Trent, 78 suffered a head injury when her wheelchair tipped over in a county-funded transit bus and she ended up with severe brain injury and died seven weeks later. Her estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit and settled the wrongful death lawsuit for $95,000. According to details in the lawsuit, she was riding in a public transit vehicle and when it turned a corner, the wheelchair in which she was seated toppled over and she struck her head. Even though the lawsuit claims she died as a result of that accident a death certificate filed with her probate case shows she died of a perforated colon. Many times a personal injury case involves issues of how the injury was caused and in this case the cause of death may be left to the jury to decide.
The lawsuit claimed that Trent's injury was the result of negligence by LifeStream which owned the vehicle and the driver of the Lake County Transit bus who neglected to lock down her wheelchair. Many times with elderly people freak type accidents may occur which end up severly injuring or killing them. As was the case here, something as simple as locking down the wheelchair could have prevented the severe brain injury. It is important to pay close attention to how your parents and elderly loved ones are treated in their day to day activities. Many times workers who provide services to the elderly are not well paid and they may not have the best of training. Accidents like this are preventable.
