Cuse, Boeheim agree to settlement in deadly crash
NEW YORK– The household of a guy who was fatally struck by an automobile driven by previous Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim in 2019 has consented to settle a claim against Boeheim and the university, according to court documents.Boeheim and the survivors of Jorge Jimenez, who passed away in the Feb. 20, 2019, crash on an icy highway in Syracuse, have actually consented to settle and have actually asked for that regards to the settlement remain sealed,” recognizing their mutual privacy interests and the desirability of preventing publicity about their personal lives,”according to a March 24 affidavit filed in state Supreme Court by Abigail Dean, a lawyer for Jimenez’s estate.John Pfeifer, an attorney for Boeheim and the university, echoed the ask for confidentiality in an April 14 affidavit.”The particular personal resolution of the matter is of no public import,”Pfeifer said.Jimenez, 51, had actually been a guest in an automobile that had skidded on Interstate 690 and struck a guardrail. Boeheim was driving house after a game when he swerved to prevent the cars and truck and hit Jimenez, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.A police report stated Boeheim was not driving recklessly, and no charges were filed.Jimenez’s family filed
a claim in 2020 declaring that Boeheim’s actions were”negligent, careless and wanton.
“The claim was filed in Onondaga County Supreme Court and sought an unspecified quantity of money.It was unclear whether the court has actually approved settlement. Calls put Wednesday to Dean and Pfeifer were not instantly returned.Jimenez was from Cuba and was the dad of two young kids. He had actually intended to become a U.S. citizen, his pal Alberto Brinones, who
was driving the automobile that hit the guardrail, informed The Post-Standard of Syracuse.Boeheim, 78, retired last month after having worked as head basketball coach at Syracuse considering that 1976. Syracuse made 34 NCAA competition looks under his management and won the champion in 2003. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.