In 2020, a 30-foot dead tree limb fell on a 28-year-old physics student jogging in a Sacramento park; six years later, a jury awarded him $33.3 million after finding the city responsible
- A jury in Sacramento, California, has ordered city authorities to pay $33.3 million (£25.6 million) to a former physics student who suffered a serious brain injury when a 30-foot dead tree branch fell on him while he was jogging through a city park.
- Michael Flynn, then 28, was jogging along a public walking path around McKinley Park in April 2020 when the large branch broke off an unmaintained tree and struck him.
- After a personal injury trial in Superior Court, a jury found the City of Sacramento 100 per cent responsible for the accident.
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- A jury in Sacramento, California, has ordered city authorities to pay $33.3 million (£25.6 million) to a former physics student who suffered a serious brain injury when a 30-foot dead tree branch fell on him while he was jogging through a city park.
- Michael Flynn, then 28, was jogging along a public walking path around McKinley Park in April 2020 when the large branch broke off an unmaintained tree and struck him.
- After a personal injury trial in Superior Court, a jury found the City of Sacramento 100 per cent responsible for the accident.
Sources: Times of India