The Silver Falls School District (SFSD) has settled a personal injury lawsuit with a former Silverton Middle School student who slipped and broke a leg on a wet floor in 2017.
On Dec. 21, 2023, Cramer vs. SFSD was dismissed in Marion County Circuit Court at the request of both parties after the district agreed to settle for $42,500.
The agreement released the district from liability and did not constitute an admission of wrongdoing. The sum of the settlement is to be paid to the plaintiff through the district’s insurer Property and Casualty for Education (PACE).
In a statement to Our Town, the district said it was “happy that it was able to work with PACE to get this matter resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.”
Prior to the settlement, the matter was set for trial Jan. 22.
The plaintiff, represented by guardian ad litem Kimberly Cramer, sued SFSD Nov. 29, 2022, seeking $369,501 for injuries stemming from an incident Dec. 6, 2017, when plaintiff was 11 years old. Plaintiff claimed they entered a recently-mopped bathroom in Silverton Middle School and slipped, falling against the wall and floor and breaking their leg in multiple places.
They sued for $43,153 in actual and future medical expenses, $1,348 for the expense of rescheduling a family vacation, and $325,000 for pain and suffering.
The district admitted the plaintiff was a student at the time of the incident and said any injuries were the result of third parties not named in the suit. SFSD denied all wrongdoing.
– Stephen Floyd
