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 reportsthat in the first case, 25-year-old Patty Leahy's car was struck by a vehicle driven by Tahjelle Jeffries, 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.
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