Family compensated

According to the New Haven Register, the family of David Servin, a teenager killed in an accident with a police cruiser, have reached a settlement with the city of Milford, Connecticut.  The family will receive $2.5 million to drop the wrongful death civil suit brought against the policeman at the helm of the vehicle, Jason Anderson.  Servin and a friend, Ashlie Krakoski, both 19 years old, were returning home from a party when they were struck by a police car travelling 94 miles per hour.  The now-former policeman was not responding to a call at the time of the accident.  Mr. Anderson still faces two criminal charges of second-degree manslaughter.

Although the two teenagers had been drinking that night and autopsies revealed they were above the legal limit to drive, the settlement shows that a civil trial may have been damaging to the city.  It’s possible that the policeman would have been found culpable for the deaths regardless of the teenagers’ sobriety.  Be careful when on the road, because you never know what’s around the corner.