A young woman suffered a traumatic brain injury during a motorcycle crash in Maryland after the driver was allegedly overserved during a festival called “Suds & Songs” in York County, Pennsylvania. But the fact that the resulting lawsuit was handled more than 100 miles away in Philadelphia played a significant factor in the litigation, which resolved recently for $2.68 million.

According to Marciano & MacAvoy’s Kevin Marciano, who handled the case along with Pat MacAvoy and Evan Sing, retaining the venue in Philadelphia was hard-fought between the parties and affected the litigation in two ways.