New York City and New York State have agreed to pay $18 million to settle a lawsuit with the sole survivor of a 2006 car accident on the Bronx River Parkway that killed six others. The suit alleged the accident was caused by an unsafe median barrier. The city and state will each pay $9 million. The settlement was reached on Jan. 2 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alice Tuitt, according to the plaintiff’s attorney, Jeff Korek of Gersowitz Libo & Korek.
Howard Raymond, the plaintiff in Raymond v. City of New York, 22623/06, was the only one of the car’s seven passengers to survive the accident. He sustained multiple serious injuries that make it difficult to carry out normal activities, according to a bill of particulars filed earlier in the case. He alleged the parkway median barrier was too short and had sloped sides and a rounded top, allowing the car to cross into oncoming traffic.
