HOGAN SETTLES LAWSUIT OVER SON’S CAR CRASH
Celebrity wrestler HULK HOGAN has settled a negligence lawsuit over a 200= 7 car crash, which left a 19-year-old ex-Marine with permanent brain dama= ge.
Hogan’s son Nick Bollea pleaded no contest to reckless driving for his = part in the high-speed collision in Clearwater, Florida, which left passe= nger John Graziano with a skull fracture. He completed 166 days of an eig= ht-month prison sentence in 2008.
Graziano’s family filed an auto negligence civil lawsuit against Nick, = his wrestler dad Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, his mother Linda Bollea a= nd friend Daniel Jacob in March (09), alleging they were negligent in the= ir actions, which led to Graziano’s injuries.
An attorney for the Graziano family announced the settlement on Friday = (19Feb10) but did not disclose its terms.
Graziano was under doctors’ care at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospita= l in Tampa, Florida following the accident. He was discharged last Septem= ber (09Sep09) and allowed to go home with his mother, but is still in nee= d of 24-hour care.
Hogan’s estranged wife Linda previously settled with Graziano’s family.=
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