It was an old man who was injured. He was looking for 300k, not millions.
As I recall, he first asked for several millions; and then it was reduced.
Initially he sued for $3.1 million, but he and his lawyers eventually scaled it down. I do agree, though, with others in this thread that it’s nearly always foolhardy to try to sue a celebrity. As the Depp and Paltrow cases illustrate, starstruck jurors are generally going to give the benefit of the doubt to the celeb. They can’t help themselves. The Hollywood/media PR machine has sold the world on the idea that this person is beloved and something special. Some random person off the street can’t overcome that sort of advantage that the celeb has.