Settlement for former police chief's wife killed by concrete
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Inset: Janet Torrisi-Mokwa (KTVI/YouTube). Background: The car driven by Janet Torrisi-Mokwa after a 2,900-pound concrete piece landed on it (KMOV/YouTube).

The city of St. Louis has finalized a settlement with a former police chief who filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in 2018. This lawsuit followed the tragic death of his wife, who was crushed by a 2,900-pound concrete slab falling from a local bridge after a car collided with it, according to court filings.

Joseph Mokwa, who was the Police Chief of St. Louis Metropolitan from 2001 to 2008, accepted a settlement on Monday for a total amount of $251,244.52 for himself and $253,755.48 allocated to his legal team at Bruntrager and Billings, PC. This agreement received approval from St. Louis Judge Scott A. Millikan, with Mokwa’s motion for approval detailing the incident involving his wife, Janet Torrisi-Mokwa, 58, who was involved with the Humane Society, the Professional Organization of Women, and the World Pediatric Project.

“Torrisi-Mokwa, was operating her motor vehicle on Forest Park Parkway,” the motion says, describing the July 23, 2018, incident. Police responded at around 12:15 p.m. that day after the incident unfolded, according to local reports.

“Demaya Angelou Love [the other driver] was operating her vehicle while traveling south on Union Blvd. when she suddenly lost control of her vehicle, striking the curb, an electric signal, driving up onto the sidewalk and striking the bridge barrier/railing,” the document alleges. “After striking the bridge barrier/railing, the barrier broke apart sending concrete pieces down onto Forest Park Parkway below.”

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According to Mokwa’s lawyers, his wife’s vehicle was struck with a “2,900-pound piece of concrete” from the Lindell-Union Bridge above, killing her. They reportedly argued in their lawsuit that the bridge failed to meet local safety standards and was allegedly rebuilt multiple times in the past following a series of different accidents.

The city denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. It told Law&Crime on Tuesday it does not comment on litigation.

“Plaintiff Joseph Mokwa believes that the settlement and distribution set forth above is fair and equitable considering the factual and legal issues surrounding this matter,” his motion said Monday.

After her death, Torrisi-Mokwa was described as a prominent business leader with ties all around St. Louis. She reportedly founded the Humane Society of Missouri’s Women’s Leadership Council and was known for raising money for animals in need.

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