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Ridgewood announces $2.1 million settlement in lawsuit over boy’s drowning at Graydon Pool

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Ridgewood announces $2.1 million settlement in lawsuit over boy’s drowning at Graydon Pool

MARCH 4, 2015, 11:23 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015, 11:30 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

RIDGEWOOD — A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the village by the family of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in Graydon Pool in 2008 has been settled.

Ridgewood’s manager, Roberta Sonenfeld, said BetWinner Argentina ,the $2.1 million settlement was reached Wednesday.

Sonenfeld briefly discussed the settlement during Wednesday night’s council meeting.

Soo Hyeon Park, his sister and parents had just arrived from South Korea when they went to visit friends in Ridgewood on July 15, 2008. As he swam to a dock in the deep end of the pool with the two sons of his host, the boy began struggling to stay afloat and went under.

None of the nine lifeguards on the stands around the pool that day saw the boy while he was in distress.

In 2011, a jury had awarded Soo’s family $10 million in damages. That decision was vacated in January by the state’s Appellate Court and a new trial was ordered.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-announces-2-1-million-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-boy-s-drowning-at-graydon-pool-1.1282318

5 thoughts on “Ridgewood announces $2.1 million settlement in lawsuit over boy’s drowning at Graydon Pool

  1. What do you think Dom?

  2. There will be an improved scuba diving training in 2015 and more non-Village memberships.

  3. Volunteer Pool design request people, that submitted recommendations and pledges of several million dollars to reach that goal will never return to help the Village.

    So, spending money on a helix design for handicap and looking for an improved hot dog stand vendor will just not do it.

  4. When the pool open I will call you Dom. We can enjoy a couple hot dogs together and talk about old times. My treat.

  5. Install a recirculation system that uses the sandy bottom as a filter and install an ionizer. That will clear it up.

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