Dad Seeking Death Settlement Lashes Out on Lawyer

A lawyer accused the father of being "motivated by money."

A father seeking a portion of a wrongful death settlement in the death of his 4-year-old son lashed out at a lawyer who suggested he was only interested in money.

Andre Watley angrily denied he was motivated by money as he seeks part of the $600,000 settlement awarded to the mother of Daviay Legrand, who was fatally struck by an Allentown police car in 2007.

Watley maintained he had a meaningful relationship with his son in his video testimony from a western Pennsylvania prison, where he's serving a drug sentence.

The Morning Call newspaper reported Tuesday that Watley said he saw the boy frequently during a
seven-month span after being released from an earlier prison stint.

Crystal Legrand settled a wrongful death suit against the city in June.

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