Jury Awards Seattle Man $21.5 Million For Door Accident On Cruise Ship

Jury Awards Seattle Man $21.5 Million For Door Accident On Cruise Ship

There’s no amount of money that can replace a certain quality of life, that said, ask yourself, “How I can I injure myself and get paid today?”

Via SeattleTimes

A U.S. District Court jury in Seattle has awarded a whopping $21.5 million in damages to an Illinois businessman who suffered a minor brain injury when he was struck in the head by a sliding-glass door on the Holland America cruise line’s Pacific fleet flagship, the M/S Amsterdam.

The verdict is one of the largest in recent memory out of federal court here and included $16.5 million in punitive damages against Holland America.

Attorneys for James R. Hausman produced evidence at trial that dozens of other passengers had been injured in similar sliding-door incidents across the Holland America fleet due to faulty sensor settings, according to court documents and Hausman’s attorney, Rick Friedman.

In addition to the punitive damages, Hausman, 61, was awarded $5 million for past and future pain, suffering and emotional distress. According to Friedman, Hausman suffers memory loss, vertigo and seizures as a result of the injury but was able to complete the 280-day world cruise.

Would you take one of these to the face for $21.5 million?

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