The state will pay $335,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a crash involving former state Sen. Carole Migden.
| Migden lost her Senate seat last year. She is now on the state's waste management board. |
Supervising Deputy Attorney General Steven Gevercer said Monday state officials have agreed to pay the sum to 33-year-old Ellen Butawan. Butawan sued Migden and the state after suffering injuries when Migden rear-ended her in May 2007 in Solano County.
Witnesses reported Migden talking on the phone and driving wildly in her state-owned SUV before the crash. The San Francisco Democrat said she didn't remember the ride and suggested medication may have been to blame. She pleaded no contest to reckless driving.
Butawan's attorney said his client was fine with the settlement.
Migden lost her Senate seat last year. She is now on the state's waste management board.
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