Scottsdale Pedestrian Accident/Wrongful Death Case

October 6, 2008

The City of Scottsdale is in the middle of a lawsuit, whereby a family is alleging that a city crosswalk was unsafe and partly responsible for the death of their family member. The city is looking at a settlement at the moment. East Valley Tribune has the story:

“City considers settlement in crosswalk death”
Ari Cohn, Tribune

After a car struck and killed arts enthusiast Richard Cohen as he crossed Drinkwater Boulevard next to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts last year, his family sued the city, saying the heavily used crosswalk is unsafe.

Cohen, 81, who walked with a cane, was crossing Drinkwater at Second Street at 10:30 p.m. in February 2007 when the driver of a Jeep Cherokee hit him and drove away.

Cohen’s wife, Constance, who was with him when he was hit, claims the pedestrian signal is not long enough to allow slow walkers like the elderly or the disabled to make it across safely, according to the lawsuit, filed in November in Maricopa County Superior Court.

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