Metro Transit settles bus–skateboarder suit for $500K
Metro Transit agreed to pay $500,000 — the maximum allowed under Minnesota’s liability cap for government entities — to Bradley Legrid, who was run over by a bus while riding a motorized skateboard in the crosswalk at Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis. Legrid suffered severe injuries, and his attorney criticized the state cap as incentivizing agencies to delay settlements; Metro Transit declined to comment on the case’s details.
📌 Key Facts
- Settlement amount: $500,000 (state tort cap maximum)
- Incident location: Lake St. & Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; plaintiff says walk signal was on
- Injuries: broken legs, shattered pelvis, cracked vertebrae; dragged roughly half a block
- Video evidence of the collision obtained by FOX 9 Investigators
- Plaintiff attorney alleges the cap encourages agencies to “delay, deny” despite fault