The statement of claim, filed June 17, also names two unidentified employees (hired or contracted by the municipality or ETS) in the lawsuit. Sharda Devi Naidu, 78, was launched from the Health Sciences / Jubilee LRT platform on April 25.
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Edmonton police said they were standing on the platform along 114th Street near 83rd Avenue waiting for a train when the man “unexpectedly ran and pushed the woman off the platform on the LRT lines”. Police described the incident as a “violent, unprovoked attack on an elderly man”. The story goes on under the ad The legal statement claims that the city and / or the ETS did not respond quickly enough, did not allow adequate access to the emergency services and did not ensure that it was safe, and the emergency services withdrew it.
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Naidu spoke to Global News by telephone from her hospital bed in May when she was being treated for a broken leg. “I was screaming for help. Then I saw the train coming. [I was there for a long time]. I thought “I’m done”. “Fortunately, the train stopped.” She used the LRT to go to and from her shifts at the University of Alberta Hospital where she works as a porter. Trending Stories
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The legal document states that Naidu was waiting for the LRT when she was “verbally harassed by Kendall Raine, who then physically hit her twice in the face and then again in the back of her head and then suddenly pushed the plaintiff into his lines. train. Εν The plaintiff then fell several feet off the platform and onto the rails, causing her to suffer serious injuries. The story goes on under the ad “Shortly afterwards, the plaintiff heard the LRT train approaching. The train slowed down and reached the platform, after which police, firefighters and paramedics arrived and the plaintiff was taken to the emergency department of the University of Alberta Hospital.
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The claim states that Naidu suffered back injuries to both hips, two legs, both knees, ankles and both legs and that she now suffers from chronic pain, numbness, anxiety, nightmares, memory loss and stress. The document also states that he suffered pain and suffering, loss of income in the past and in the future, cost of care, ability to clean and lost enjoyment for a lifetime. It also states that Naidu has and will have health expenses as a result of the attack on services such as dental surgery, chiropractic, mental health, medicines, optometry and transportation support. The claim seeks more than $ 1.1 million in general, special, pecuniary and criminal damages, as well as legal costs. He states that the city and the ETS were negligent in that:
failed to implement adequate security protocols on the LRT platform; failed to install guardrails or protective shields on LRT platforms. did not provide regular supervision of passengers or visitors to the premises; had insufficient surveillance and monitoring of the platform; failed to respond to the incident in a timely manner; failed to reach the plaintiff within a reasonable time, given the seriousness of the incident; failed to allow emergency services access to the rails to retrieve the claimant, given the seriousness of the incident; failed to ensure that the plaintiff was safe while the emergency services retrieved her.
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