The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man whose foot was amputated after he was hit by a Gold Line train, officials said Monday.
Gilberto Rebollar was hit by a train in 2009 in a pedestrian crosswalk near the Southwest Museum Station in Mount Washington.
In a lawsuit filed in 2009, Rebollar’s attorneys accused Metro of negligence, saying the train was moving too quickly and a design flaw in the crosswalk on Marmion Way made it difficult for pedestrians to see oncoming trains.
Metro’s board of directors approved a $4.25-million settlement payment in closed session in March, spokesman Rick Jager said. The money will come from the agency’s operations budget.
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