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Date: 12-02-2011
Case Style: Family and Estate of Soo Hyeon Park v. Village of Ridgewood
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Court: Superior Court, Bergen County, New Jersey
Plaintiff’s Attorney: Neil Weiner, Weiner Carroll & Strauss, Newark, New Jersey
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Description: Family and Estate of Soo Hyeon Park sued Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey on a governmental tort claim negligence wrongful death theory claiming that Park, age 13, drowned at the Graydon Pool on July 15, 2008 as a result of the failure to exercise due care of the life guards on duty that day who failed to observe that Park was struggling to stay afloat.
When notified that Soo Hyeon had possibly drown, the Manager had the life guards search the parking lot. As a result, the boy’s body was not found at the bottom of the pool for 40 minutes.
The defenses asserted by Defendants are not available.
Outcome: Plaintiffs’ verdict for $10 million.
