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Detroit paying nearly $6M in second death connected to bus driver with many crashes
Detroit will pay $5.85 million after a city bus driver with 19 prior accidents caused a second pedestrian fatality in 2023, court records show.
- Last week, the city of Detroit agreed to pay $5.85 million to settle a lawsuit over Janice Bauer, 67, who was struck by a city bus in a downtown Detroit crosswalk in June 2023.
- Geraldine Johnson's record shows multiple collisions and a prior fatality, as attorneys for Bauer's estate said she was involved in 19 other accidents and linked to a 2015 fatality.
- A year ago, Geraldine Johnson was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest, and Sharon Clark Woodside said `she simply didn't see her`; Johnson has not spoken publicly about Janice Bauer's death.
- The judge's approval finalizes the lawsuit resolution as Wayne County Judge Kathleen McCarthy signed off on the settlement last week, court records show.
- Attorneys and union comments point to workplace pressures behind the driving assignment, with the union saying Geraldine Johnson had no choice but to resume driving to keep her city job amid Detroit's transit system at Rosa Parks Transit Center, Detroit on Oct. 29, 2025.
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Detroit paying nearly $6M in second death connected to bus driver with many crashes
Detroit will pay $5.85 million to settle a lawsuit after a city bus fatally struck a pedestrian, the driver’s second deadly crash. The post Detroit paying nearly $6M in second death connected to bus driver with many crashes first appeared on Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
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