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Staten Island Ferry Quadriplegic Award Reduced To $18.3M from $22.9M

By Gerry Oginski

Payout to ferry-crash victim cut from $22.9 million dollars to $18.3 million dollars.<br />Judge says ex-Islander, made quadriplegic in accident, should get $18.3M instead of $22.9M<br />Thursday, September 18, 2008<br />By FRANK DONNELLY<br />ADVANCE STAFF WRITER<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />To read the full article go to:<br />http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1221739220153580.xml&coll=1

Full post as published by New York Medical Malpractice Blog on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).