Overview

• A Hardin Circuit judge dismissed the wrongful-death case earlier this week after the parties reached a settlement.
• The filings do not reveal the amount or any additional terms of the agreement.
• The lawsuit stemmed from a Jan. 19, 2023 collapse of a pole-mounted Denny's sign onto a car at the North Mulberry Street location in Elizabethtown.
• Lillian Curtis, 72, died of blunt force injuries at UofL Health, and her husband, Lloyd Curtis, 77, died Jan. 23; the driver survived with chest injuries.
• Police cited intense wind gusts as the cause, crews estimated the sign weighed about 2,600 pounds, and city code requires such signs to meet state standards.