CHICAGO (WBBM) — Seventeen years after a trampoline accident at a Chicago public school, there’s a 14-point-6 million dollar settlement in the personal injury case.
It was in December of 1992 when a 13-year-old student named Ryan Murray broke his neck using a small trampoline at a South Side school.
Ryan became a quadriplegic.
The family sued the Chicago Board of Education – and the case went through 17 years of legal battles. But now there is a settlement: 14 million, 675 thousand dollars.
Attorney Susan Schwartz has represented Ryan Murray, who is now 30, since the family filed suit.
“I think the biggest sense is just relief knowing that Ryan will be able to get the care that he needs.
“That’s the overwhelming concern. He’s not insurable. The overwhelming concern was how will we be able to provide them. And since his mother is his caregiver, what would happen if something were to happen to her?”
Schwartz says attorneys will get a third of the 14-point-6 million dollars settlement.
Newsradio 780 has asked the Chicago Public Schools for reaction.
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