{"id":141143,"date":"2025-08-13T01:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141143\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T01:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:39:22","slug":"cta-to-pay-6m-to-settle-wrongful-death-lawsuit-chicago-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141143\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA to pay $6M to settle wrongful death lawsuit \u2013 Chicago Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, Chicago.<\/p>\n

The CTA will pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> after a city bus struck a woman last year.<\/p>\n

Chicago resident Sherry Fisher, was struck by a CTA bus and pinned underneath it while she walked in a North Lawndale crosswalk last March, the lawsuit alleged. The crash caused her \u201csevere injuries,\u201d which she died from nearly three months later, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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