A woman was struck and killed by a truck while using a crosswalk in Harvey and her family is now suing Jefferson Parish together with the companies who designed the crosswalk.
Desiree Decay Felton was killed in March 2014 and her children have filed a lawsuit claiming the faulty construction of the crosswalk led to the accident and her subsequent death.
Their mother was walking across Manhattan Boulevard in Harvey and was in a crosswalk when she was struck by a truck. In 2012 Fleming Construction Company made the crosswalk larger but the lawsuit claims it was badly designed and built and exposed pedestrians to risk. In addition they contend that the traffic signals were not sufficiently adequate to warn approaching motorists, there were not sufficient ramps and curbs and the lighting was poor.
The family is looking for an unspecified amount in damages for wrongful death, survival, pain and suffering, loss of income and funeral expenses.
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