>Jury awards $10 million to family of boy who drowned at Ridgewood pool
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011
BY KIBRET MARKOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The Village of Ridgewood was hit with a $10 million verdict Monday evening after a jury found that negligent supervision at Graydon Pool led to the drowning of a 13-year-old boy three years ago.
Soo Hyeon Park, his sister and his parents were visiting from South Korea and staying with friends in Ridgewood at the time. The boy was swimming in the pool with friends on July 15, 2008, when he began struggling to stay afloat and went under, said Neil Weiner, the attorney who represented the Park family.
Weiner said there were nine lifeguards on the stands around the pool that day, plus several others who were on duty at the time.
