San Diego City Council Authorizes Sale of Injured Woman's Home

On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council authorized the sale of the former Escondido home of a woman who was left quadriplegic in 1988 when a speeding San Diego police car struck her vehicle.   

Frances Maday settled her lawsuit against the city a year after the crash. She used money from a municipally provided annuity to buy the 2,600- square-foot home at 2235 Cortina Circle in West Escondido.   

Under terms of the settlement, ownership of the house was to revert to the city upon Maday's death. She died in November at the age of 54.   

She was 31 when her car was struck by a police car in January 1988 on La Jolla Village Drive near Interstate 5, according to news accounts at the time. U-T San Diego reported in a 2005 article about the city's real estate inventory that the patrol car was speeding without lights or sirens.   

The nearly 2,600-square-foot home, built in 1990, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a circular driveway in front, solar panels and open space beyond the backyard. It was appraised for $630,000, which will be the minimum acceptable price, according to city documents.

The resolution passed by the council without comment declared the house excess property and authorized its sale, with a 6 percent commission to a broker.

–City News Service