Settlement of $7M paid in near-drowning case

A woman who suffered brain damage after she nearly drowned will receive a $7 million settlement payment from Erie County, NY. The county was blamed in a lawsuit for not properly training or supervising lifeguards at the pool owned by the City of Buffalo and operated by the county. Jannette Morales, who was 37 at the time of the August 2009 incident, was pulled out of the water by her son after he