"Robert Solomon was riding his bicycle on May 24, 2024, on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, headed south into the valley, when he rounded a bend. That stretch of the road was in shadow, according to the complaint, partially obscuring a pothole ahead. Solomon hit the pothole and crashed violently."
"Solomon said that he suffered a fractured skull, a concussion, multiple spinal fractures, a broken nose, ligament tears, and lacerations to his face, neck, and shoulders."
"Solomon's attorneys argue in the complaint that the presence of the pothole indicated that the 'roadway was in a dangerous condition' that 'created a reasonably foreseeable risk of the kind of injury that occurred.' They claimed that the city had failed to properly inspect and maintain the roadway despite 'actual notice of the dangerous condition.'"
Robert Solomon crashed his bicycle on Grizzly Peak Boulevard on May 24, 2024, after hitting a pothole obscured by shadows. He sustained a fractured skull, concussion, multiple spinal fractures, broken nose, ligament tears, and facial lacerations. His civil complaint against Oakland alleged the city failed to properly inspect and maintain the roadway despite having actual notice of the dangerous condition. Solomon sought damages for pain, suffering, emotional distress, past wage loss, and medical costs. Oakland's maintenance of a 15-year database of road defects on Oak311 may increase the city's liability in such cases by establishing that the city had reasonable opportunity to address known road issues.
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