Created: 28 July 2009
The Tampa Tribune (7/27, Leskanic) reported, “A jury deliberated for three hours Monday before finding the Pasco County school district negligent in a 2006 crash that severely injured a 16-year-old boy. The jury awarded Marcus Button, now 19, and his parents, Robin and Mark Button, $1.625 million in damages, which his mother has said she will use to pay for his continuing medical care.” Marcus Button “was injured Sept. 22, 2006, when the car he was riding in collided with a Pasco County school bus.”