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Girl paralyzed by drunken Giants fan gets $23.5 million in settlement with beer vendor
The New Jersey Law Journal (12/3, Gottlieb) reported, "The beer refreshment vendor at Giants Stadium agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle the case of a girl paralyzed in a crash with a drunken football fan under an 18-month-old secret agreement that an appeals court unsealed Wednesday at the request of a public advocacy group."
Appeals court unseals settlement terms. The New Jersey Law Journal (12/4, Gottlieb) reports that the Appellate Division held "that a Bergen County judge erred when he sealed all records of the June 2007 settlement and subsequent proceedings to protect the privacy of the girl, Antonia Verni." The rationale for keeping the records sealed, which was to avoid abuse of the funds by the victim's father, "was too weak to overcome the presumption of openness of court proceedings and the public's right to know about a highly publicized case with significant issues, the appeals court said Wednesday." The Journal adds, "The ruling was a victory for Public Citizen, a Washington advocacy group associated with Ralph Nader that seeks to intervene in cases around the country when court records are kept from the public."
The AP (12/4, Porter) reports a contrasting settlement amount, saying that Aramark Corp. "has settled a lawsuit by the family of a girl paralyzed in a car accident caused by a drunken New York Giants fan for $26 million."
School liable for teen's car crash after going to drinking party
28 Million Dollar Verdict For A Paralyzed 8 year Old In Philadelphia
A Federal jury, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting in Philadelphia, returned a verdict of $28 Million Dollars for a paralyzed 8 year old boy. The boy was a passenger in the back seat of a vehicle when the Defendant driver was distracted and veered off the road.
The insurance company's defense was that another child in the back seat screamed, thus causing the driver to look in the back seat, thus causing the car to veer off the road.
Congratulations to Eric Weitz, Esquire who was the Plaintiff's lawyer in the case. And also congratulations to the injured boy and his family. Hopefully, Eric will be able to collect something on this judgement to help take care of the child in the future.
I'll post a link to the story once I find it online.
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