OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two separate lawsuits are asking the city of Omaha to pay in the deaths of women killed in separate accidents in 2018.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that in the first case, 25-year-old Patty Leahy’s car was struck by an unlicensed driver who ran a red light on Oct. 8, 2018.
The wrongful death lawsuit questions whether Jeffries had difficulty seeing the stoplight because of a pedestrian overpass nearby.
The city wants the case dismissed.
Two weeks later, 76-year-old Marjorie Thurber fell on the sidewalk.
She died five days later.
A city attorney says the property owner — not the city — must maintain the sidewalk.