\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPittsburgh City Council is reviewing a proposed $445,000 settlement for nine victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse, which occurred on January 28, 2022, on a snowy morning.Resolutions detailing the settlement were read aloud in council chambers, followed by an executive session where council members met privately with the city solicitor to discuss the agreement.Ten people originally filed lawsuits after the more than 400-foot-long bridge collapsed just after 6:30 a.m., claiming it had been deteriorating for years. The proposed settlement would award money to nine of the 10 people, including PRT bus driver Daryl Luciani, who would receive the largest portion of the award \u2014 $90,000 \u2014 if approved.City Council President Daniel Lavelle commented on the lengthy process since the collapse.”It’s been a long process. But I’m sure it’s been a much more frustrating process for those who were victims of the collapse than it has been for us and the public,” Lavelle said.Questions remain about why only nine of the 10 original plaintiffs are included in the settlement. Before the executive session, council members said they were unsure but would find out during the meeting. Afterward, one council member said they were advised not to make any comments. Efforts to reach the plaintiffs’ attorney for clarification have not been successful.Council expects to decide whether to approve the settlement by the end of the month.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh City Council is reviewing a proposed $445,000 settlement for nine victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse, which occurred on January 28, 2022, on a snowy morning.<\/p>\n
Resolutions detailing the settlement were read aloud in council chambers, followed by an executive session where council members met privately with the city solicitor to discuss the agreement.<\/p>\n
Ten people originally filed lawsuits after the more than 400-foot-long bridge collapsed just after 6:30 a.m., claiming it had been deteriorating for years. <\/p>\n
The proposed settlement would award money to nine of the 10 people, including PRT bus driver Daryl Luciani, who would receive the largest portion of the award \u2014 $90,000 \u2014 if approved.<\/p>\n
City Council President Daniel Lavelle commented on the lengthy process since the collapse.<\/p>\n
“It’s been a long process. But I’m sure it’s been a much more frustrating process for those who were victims of the collapse than it has been for us and the public,” Lavelle said.<\/p>\n
Questions remain about why only nine of the 10 original plaintiffs are included in the settlement. <\/p>\n
Before the executive session, council members said they were unsure but would find out during the meeting. Afterward, one council member said they were advised not to make any comments. <\/p>\n
Efforts to reach the plaintiffs’ attorney for clarification have not been successful.<\/p>\n
Council expects to decide whether to approve the settlement by the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh City Council is reviewing a proposed $445,000 settlement for nine victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15647,894,4737,74392,76850,4323,10494,35061,16197,56000,19206,33212,139,96255,523,73,75,74,24781,25878],"class_list":["post-221036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-agreement","tag-allegheny-county","tag-attorney","tag-city-solicitor","tag-clarification","tag-comment","tag-council","tag-council-member","tag-effort","tag-executive-session","tag-fern-hollow-bridge","tag-lavelle","tag-news","tag-original-plaintiff","tag-people","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-resolution","tag-settlement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}