Attorneys explain why U.S. government should pay $140 million for death of Ugandan 'change agent' Esther Nakajjigo, killed in grisly accident at Arches NP
SALT LAKE CITY — Plaintiff attorneys on Monday argued the U.S. government should pay $140 million to the family of a woman killed in Arches National Park because of her humanitarian work in Uganda and the gruesome death witnessed by her husband.
In June 2020, she and her husband, Ludo Michuad, visited Arches National Park. While driving toward the exit, wind caught a traffic control gate. The arm pierced the newlywed’s rental car, decapitating the 25-year-old Nakajjigo. “She had like a tremendous potential,” Michaud said of his late wife. “She could lift mountains, basically, in her own way.”
Nakajjigo’s mother, Christine Namagembe, does not speak English and has a translator in the courtroom. The plaintiffs also intend to show Judge Bruce Jenkins the horror of the accident. He will view photos from the accident scene and video from a surveillance camera mounted on the Arches visitors center. The medical examiner who conducted the autopsy is scheduled to testify. So are first responders and visitors to the park who tried to help that day.At one point in her opening arguments, McGinn paused so the family could exit the courtroom.
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