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# Run-over sunbather gets money
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/run-over-sunbather-gets-money/
- Published: 2007-04-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:35:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By DAILY PRESS STAFF*

Pre-med student was struck by lifeguard truck two years ago SANTA MONICA BEACH An aspiring doctor who was run over by a lifeguard vehicle while sunbathing here almost two years ago will finally be able to cash in on his pain and suffering.

The LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to award a $600,000 settlement to 21-year-old Jesse Pace, according to county spokesman Brian Lew.

The County of Los Angeles Claims Board took action to recommend the settlement to the Board of Supervisors on April 2, after tabling the motion at its meeting last month. Both Pace and county officials reached an initial agreement on the settlement in February.

A pre-medical student from Lee University in Tennessee, Pace, who was 19 years old at the time, was sunbathing alone near Tower 25 on June 28, 2005\. At around 3 p.m., while listening to his iPod and reading, a lifeguard ran over Pace’s left shoulder, chest, abdomen and right hip in a Ford F- 150 pickup truck. The lifeguard stated that she did not see Pace lying on the sand while dropping off a lost child at the lifeguard station. She then drove 20 to 30 feet before feeling a bump.

At the time of the incident, Pace was interning at UCLA Medical Center, assisting nurses in the intensive care unit.

The plaintiff sustained a ruptured spleen, which was subsequently removed, and injuries to his shoulder, chest and abdomen. His biggest concern was how the loss of his spleen would affect him as a doctor, since it would make him more susceptible to diseases.

Pace’s attorney, Kevin Boyle, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 19, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)