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ST. LOUIS 鈥� Janae Edmondson, the Tennessee teenager severely injured by a car crash downtown two years ago, has received her settlement from the city over the matter. But her family said Friday that it came long after it should have, and did little to compensate her for her life-altering injuries.

Speaking by phone from Tennessee, Janae鈥檚 parents said the $450,000 settlement paled in comparison to the cost of treatment their daughter required after the crash, which severed parts of both her legs. And they said city lawyers made them fight for even that, taking more than a year to settle their lawsuit alleging the city had failed to properly maintain the intersection where the crash happened.

鈥淎t no time did they want to take any ownership,鈥� said Francine Edmondson, Janae鈥檚 mother. 鈥淭hey just never proceeded to the most that they could do for a 17-year-old.鈥�

The words marked the Edmondsons鈥� latest criticism of city government for its handling of the crash, which prompted a public outcry and led to the resignation of the city鈥檚 top prosecutor. The city did not provide a comment by deadline.

On Feb. 18, 2023, Edmondson left a volleyball tournament at the downtown convention center, and was headed to her family鈥檚 car when an Audi SUV emerged from 蜜柚直播 Street, sped through a yield sign, collided with a Chevrolet Malibu traveling north on 11th Street, and then hit Edmondson.

When it was learned that the driver, Daniel Riley, had been out on bond in a pending robbery case despite violating bond conditions multiple times, outrage ensued. Dysfunction in then-Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner鈥檚 office was widely blamed for allowing Riley to remain free. She resigned that May.

Edmondson鈥檚 family filed their lawsuit against the city and the drivers in the crash in June 2023, saying the intersection at 蜜柚直播 and 11th should have had a full stop sign, not the yield sign it had. Evidence presented in Riley鈥檚 2024 criminal trial showed that drivers on 11th couldn鈥檛 see oncoming traffic until it was too late because buildings were in the way.

Still, a trial in the lawsuit against the city was set for March of this year before a settlement was reached in late February.

And James Edmondson, Janae鈥檚 father, said he had been surprised the city didn鈥檛 work toward a more immediate resolution. 鈥淚t should have come to a very positive conclusion,鈥� he said. 鈥淟ike, let鈥檚 make this young lady whole. We鈥檙e at fault.鈥�

The Edmondsons also criticized the state law capping damages on such suits at a little more than $500,000. Such limits are across the country. But Francine Edmondson said she saw the cap as a kind of excuse to not pay out.

She noted that her daughter鈥檚 medical bills topped $2 million in the first year, and while the family鈥檚 health insurance is helping cover expenses now, Janae will eventually age out of it.

鈥淭hese are things that she鈥檚 gonna have to deal with the rest of her life,鈥� said James Edmondson.

And Janae Edmondson is still recovering, more than two years later. She is still working with doctors to properly calibrate her prosthetics, which can be a painful process. She has also changed her career plans from personal training, which now seems too physically taxing, to sports and leisure management.

鈥淭here鈥檚 some days better than others,鈥� Janae Edmondson said. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 adjusting.鈥�