Date: Fri 20-Jun-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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lawsuit-Svenson-Norco-Town

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Town Sued Over Park Injury

The town and a manufacturing firm are being sued on behalf of a child who was

injured last September at a party at Dickinson Park.

In a lawsuit filed June 9 in Danbury Superior Court on behalf of Mark Eric

Svenson, Jr, 10, of Georgetown, through his father, Mark Eric Svenson, Sr, the

town and Norco, Inc, a Ridgefield manufacturing firm, are named as defendants.

According to the suit, on June 7, 1996, Norco signed an agreement to pay the

town $325 in rent for use of the Dickinson Park pavilion for a Norco company

picnic.

On September 21, Mark, Jr, was a guest at the company picnic, and while

running up an embankment toward the tennis courts, his left leg struck a

jagged drainage pipe which was protruding from the ground and concealed by

grass, the suit states.

As a result of the injury, Mark, Jr, has a thickness wound of the left shin,

needed a skin graft, had to use a splint and crutch, was permanently

disfigured, and has experienced pain and suffering, according to the suit.

The lawsuit alleges the town and Norco were negligent and careless in the

matter for allowing the jagged pipe to be there, among other reasons.

Mark, Jr, will be compelled to spend a large sum for medical and hospital

care, x-rays, and prescriptions, according to the lawsuit. Also, he will be

impaired in his abilities to carry on and enjoy life's activities, it adds.

Through the lawsuit, the plaintiff seeks damages exceeding $15,000, costs,

interest, the expenses of the lawsuit, and other relief.

Attorney Jennifer Hally of Alan Barry and Associates of Danbury represents the

plaintiff.

The town has a July 1 answer date to respond to the allegations made in the

lawsuit.