Overview

• On July 11, Dylan Taylor’s parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against GreenWaste Recovery in San Mateo County Superior Court and requested a jury trial
• The complaint recounts that the garbage truck passed Taylor in the bike lane at Middlefield Road and Prior Lane, turned right without yielding and dragged him beneath its wheels
• Atherton Police Department investigators found no evidence of driver impairment in their probe of the fatal crash
• The suit holds GreenWaste Recovery responsible under a respondeat superior theory, alleging systemic failures in hiring, training and oversight of its drivers
• Taylor’s death prompted memorials, school grief counseling and renewed community demands for stronger bike-lane protections in Atherton