{"id":32105,"date":"2016-01-30T00:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T06:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32105"},"modified":"2016-01-30T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T06:47:50","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-29th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/30\/texas-bicycling-news-january-29th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 29th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jury awards Austin-area bicyclist hit by car $865K<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Adela Uchida\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0keyetv.com<\/h3>\n

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\nWhen a truck collided with Robert Crouch as he was riding his bicycle on Barton Creek Boulevard in May 2013, it left Crouch’s spine broken in four places. Patrick Linton of Austin was on his cell phone at the time, according to court documents. So Crouch sued Linton.
\nFriday, the jury came back with its decision. “We decided that the plaintiff needed to be compensated, but not to the degree that was asked,” juror Lyndsey Christena told KEYE TV. Crouch received $865,000 in compensatory damages, but the jury did not find gross negligence, so Crouch did …<\/p>\n

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