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: New York Medical Malpractice BlogStaten Island Ferry Quadriplegic Award Reduced To $18.3M from $22.9M
By Gerry Oginski
Judge says ex-Islander, made quadriplegic in accident, should get $18.3M instead of $22.9M
Thursday, September 18, 2008
By FRANK DONNELLY
ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A federal judge yesterday slashed by almost $5 million a jury's award to a former Staten Islander who was put in a wheelchair by the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash.
Senior District Judge Jack B. Weinstein ruled the city must pay James McMillan Jr. just under $18.3 million in damages for the debilitating injuries he suffered in the horrific incident. An advisory jury last week had awarded McMillan, who was rendered a quadriplegic, $22.9 million.
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Full post as published by New York Medical Malpractice Blog on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).
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