The Region - News from April 21, 1985

Actress Barbra Streisand, producer Jon Peters and the city of Santa Monica have agreed in an out-of-court settlement to pay $87,500 to the heirs of a man who was killed in an auto accident in Santa Monica involving a Santa Monica Municipal Bus and a caretaker for a ranch owned by Peters and Streisand. In December, 1979, a Santa Monica bus collided with a car driven by Ruth Lozoya, employed by Streisand and Peters at their Malibu ranch. Lozoya’s car struck Paul Zimmerman, who went into a coma for nine months and died at Santa Monica Hospital. Zimmerman’s heirs and estate sued the city and Lozoya for damages, but Lozoya was uninsured. The settlement requires the city to pay $50,000, Streisand to pay $30,000 and Peters to pay $7,500.