Huntington Beach sued by family of woman who had fatal fall

The family of a San Dimas woman has sued the city of Huntington Beach in a wrongful death claim resulting from the woman’s fall last year in standing water near a storm drain.

A jury trial date was set today for Aug. 10, 2009.

Cora Hill, 65, slipped and fractured her left femur late in the evening on Aug. 31, 2007, on the 22000 block of Susan Lane, a county civil complaint filed in March read.

Hill died of a stroke on May 4, after what the family contends is a string of events beginning with the broken thigh bone.

The family had complained three years prior to the fall of standing water in the area of the drain, but was told funds weren’t available to repair the storm drain.

— Candice Baker