Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Man Awarded $58 Million After Getting Skull Crushed During Bar Fight
Antonio was left deformed and brain-damaged after a security guard bashed in his skull, leaving him unconscious, in April 2010 during a bar fight at La Barra Latina in Torrance.
Doctors were forced to remove 25% of his skull and brain.
He is no longer capable of speaking, needs assistance walking and requires 24-hour care to survive.
After attempting to break up a fight between a bartender, a security guard and two of his relatives beat Antonio with a baton, smashed his skull against the pavement and kicked him in the head eight times.
This damage award is the largest ever given to a single person in the state of California. The damage award against the security firm will compensate for victim’s future medical expenses, future pain and suffering and past pain and suffering.
Unfortunately, the guard and the bartender who started the fight disappeared before the civil trial and have not been charged. Police assert that there weren’t enough independent witnesses to charge them.
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