{"id":7689,"date":"2020-04-02T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2020-03-30T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T12:26:08","slug":"7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-avoid-pedestrian-in-crosswalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-avoid-pedestrian-in-crosswalk\/","title":{"rendered":"$7.5 Million Settlement in Failure to Avoid Pedestrian in Crosswalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jia Huan Xu was crossing the street in a pedestrian crosswalk at a Brooklyn intersection when she was struck by a <a href=\"https:\/\/new.mta.info\/about-us\/our-agencies\/mta-nyc-transit\">New York City Transit Authority<\/a> bus. The bus was turning left from the opposite direction.\u00a0 She was just 15 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The bus stopped while one of the vehicle\u2019s front tires was on her left thigh. It took fifteen minutes for the bus to be lifted off her. Xu suffered severe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Degloving\">degloving<\/a> injuries necessitating multiple surgeries, including skin graft procedures.<\/p>\n<p>She continues to suffer from physical limitations. She sued the New York City Transit Authority alleging that the bus driver chose not to yield while she was in a pedestrian crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-avoid-pedestrian-in-crosswalk\/#more-7689\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jia Huan Xu was crossing the street in a pedestrian crosswalk at a Brooklyn intersection when she was struck by a New York City Transit Authority bus. The bus was turning left from the opposite direction.\u00a0 She was just 15 years old at the time. 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