Man Struck by Gold Line Train to Be Paid $4.25 Million in Settlement With Metro

A Metro Gold Line train is shown east of downtown Los Angeles in 2014. (Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Posted: May 18, 2015 / 03:02 PM PDT

Updated: May 18, 2015 / 03:02 PM PDT

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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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