Overview
- Surveillance video shows a Duncan Disposal worker leave a garbage truck and strike a 17-year-old in a van during a traffic dispute on March 5 in Northfield Township, Michigan.
- Northfield Township police arrested the driver, identified as Daniel Scot Arpi, who is charged with assault and battery and damaging property.
- The teen was diagnosed with a concussion, a sprained ankle, and a possible rib fracture, which has kept him out of school and sports, according to the family’s attorney.
- The family’s lawsuit names Arpi and Duncan Disposal and seeks at least $75,000 while alleging negligent hiring, supervision, and entrustment and urging policy changes at the company.
- Duncan Disposal confirmed it fired the worker, the video was released with the suit, and both the criminal case and the civil complaint are now moving forward.