CITY TO SETTLE SLED INJURY LAWSUIT

SIOUX CITY WILL PAY NEARLY 479-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A MAN WHO WAS SEVERELY INJURED IN A SLEDDING ACCIDENT AT SERTOMA PARK. 

DAVID ROSALEZ SUSTAINED A SPINAL CORD INJURY IN JANUARY 2008 WHEN HE SLID BACKWARDS INTO A PARKING SIGN.

THE 38 YEAR OLD ROSALEZ AND HIS FAMILY FILED A LAWSUIT FOR NEARLY TW0-POINT-SEVEN-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AGAINST THE CITY IN JANUARY OF 2010.

MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LIKELY APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT ON MONDAY:

THE CITY'S INSURANCE CARRIER WILL PAY NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS. A THIRD PARTY WILL PAY 300-THOUSAND.

THE CITY HAS FILED THIRD PARTY PETITIONS AGAINST AQUA-LEISURE INDUSTRIES WHICH MANUFACTURED THE SNOW TUBE ROSALEZ WAS SLEDDING ON AND AGAINST WAL-MART, WHICH SOLD THE TUBE.