A panel of six jurors, following a seven days trial, awarded $8.2 million to a pedestrian who was struck by a teenager driving an SUV.
The casualty occurred on January 18, 2014, when the plaintiff was trying to cross North Military Trail to catch a bus and was hit by an SUV driven by a teenager traveling southbound on North Military Trail near 45th Street in West Palm Beach, Florida. The struck left the plaintiff with numerous fractures, and other personal injuries, which left him hospitalized for 58 days.
The plaintiff also suffered a partial loss of vision and a frontal lobe brain injury that affected his speech, due to which he was unable to return to work since the accident.
The plaintiff won the verdict after six years, and the case was tried in front of the Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge, Honorable Lisa Small.
