HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A jury has awarded $500,000 to a man who sued the City of Houston after he says he was injured by a golf cart being driven by a city official.

John Branch, the man at the center of the lawsuit, is director of Precinct 1's all-volunteer Community Emergency Response Team.

He said he was at a parade commemorating the 125th anniversary of Booker T. Washington High School in 2018 when his leg was run over by the golf cart.

"It rolled up my foot and up the bottom of my shin," Branch said.

In his lawsuit, he claims the golf cart was operated by then-Houston City Council member Michael Kubosh.

"My members were there, and they all grabbed the golf cart to try to control it from completely running over me," Branch said.

Branch was already wearing a prosthetic knee at

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