Mankato district settles with student injured playing kickball
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The Mankato School District has reached a financial settlement with the mother of a girl who was injured while playing kickball during summer school.
Eleven-year-old Amanda Smith broke her ankle and suffered other injuries to her right leg when she slid on a folder her teacher had used for one of the kickball bases in June 2008.
A proposed settlement filed in Blue Earth County District Court between the school district's insurance provider, EMC Insurance Companies, and the child's mother, Rachal Karstens, pays $25,000.
About half would go to attorneys and to UCare Minnesota, the state health care insurer. The girl would receive the rest of the money in five payments beginning in 2014 and ending in 2026.
District Court Judge George Harrelson will consider the proposed settlement Nov. 18.
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Information from: The Free Press
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