A federal jury in Philadelphia handed up a complete defense verdict for Cornell University in a case brought by a student gymnast who claimed $57 million in damages after being rendered a quadriplegic in a tumbling accident on campus.
In the midst of the month-long trial in Duchesneau v. Cornell University, plaintiff’s counsel Kenneth M. Rothweiler of Eisenberg Rothweiler Winkler Eisenberg & Jeck sent an email to the defense noting his client, Randall Duchesneau, would not settle for anything less than $20 million.
