Multi-million dollar settlement in pool injury
The family of Abigail Taylor, who died after a horrific pool filter incident in March, has accepted an $8 million settlement from the Minneapolis Golf Club, the pool’s owners.
The settlement exceeded the $6 million limit on the club’s insurance, so the members had to vote to get a $2 million bank loan to pay the difference, club president Herb Houndt said Wednesday. Votes were counted this past weekend.
“I’m very pleased,” he said. “We’d like to bring closure to this for both the club and Taylor family.”
After Abigail died, her family was instrumental in persuading Congress and the Minnesota Legislature to pass safety laws that require entrapment-proof drain covers for new public pools.
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