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Council upholds city law recommendation to deny claim after collision involving StarTran bus
Summary
A claimant seeking compensation for medical bills and vehicle damage after a collision with a StarTran bus urged the City Council to accept evidence; city law cited the police report and recommended denial. Council approved the recommendation as part of a larger claims report.
The Lincoln City Council on June 2 voted to accept the city law department's recommendations on new and pending claims, including a denial recommendation in the claim filed by Dr. William Coby alleging a collision with a StarTran bus.
City law and the police report differed on how the crash occurred. Assistant City Attorney Lily Ely told the council the police report concluded Coby was changing lanes and that the StarTran driver had no contributing action, and she said city law's denial recommendation was based primarily on that report.
Perry Persh, an attorney representing Coby, presented photographs, a map…
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