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Jury Duns Stadium Beer Vendor $105M for Injuries Caused by Drunken Fan
A New Jersey jury has assessed $105 million in compensatory and punitive damages against Aramark Corp., the nation's leading arena concessionaire, in the case of a then 2-year-old girl paralyzed in a crash with a driver drunk on the equivalent of 16 beers, served mostly at a Giants football game. Plaintiffs attorney David Mazie said he knows of no larger dram shop award in the country, and no larger personal injury verdict of any kind in the state.
Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year
Here are the largest personal injury awards reported by the Law Journal from September 22, 2008, through September 7, 2009, ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settlement. Awards of the same value share a ranking. They do not include arbitration awards or unilateral decisions by governmental entities to compensate injured parties, nor do they include uncollectible judgments. Awards for multiple parties are ranked by their lump-sum value.Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year
Here are the largest personal injury verdicts reported by the Law Journal for the 12 months ending Aug. 29, 2005, ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settlement.
Jury Duns Stadium Beer Vendor $105M For Paralysis Caused by Drunken Fan
A New Jersey jury has assessed $105 million in compensatory and punitive damages against Aramark Corp., the nation's leading arena concessionaire, in the case of a girl paralyzed in a crash with a driver drunk on beer served at a New York Giants football game.
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In Wake of Record $105M Verdict, Fee Fights and Coverage Contests Emerge
Two weeks after a paralyzed drunken-driving victim won a $105 million verdict against New York Giants Stadium concessionaire Aramark, dueling sets of plaintiffs lawyers are girding for a fight over the size of their fees. A coverage dispute among insurers is also possible. Aramark's vow to appeal has caused the spotlight to shift from the record award to some of the trial judge's rulings and the bizarre behind-the-scenes twists in the litigation's five-year history.Shamrock Lacrosse Inc. v. Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers
The affidavit of merit statute applies in this legal-malpractice action against two Pennsylvania law firms that maintain bona fide offices in New Jersey.
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