2024-04-03 06:55:40
Meghan Brown, a 36-year-old woman who once worked as an analyst at JPMorgan Chase, was leaving a commercial building in Manhattan, New York nine years ago. When she opened the glass door, the glass suddenly shattered and the fragments hit her head. Brown subsequently sought compensation, and the case was heard last week, with a jury ruling that the building owner must pay her more than US$35 million (approximately HK$274 million).
The New York Post reported that following a three-week trial, the jury reviewed the incident captured on closed-circuit television at the Supreme Court in Manhattan, which showed that the seven-and-a-half-foot-tall glass door in the lobby was between Meghan Brown and another person next to her. When the man pushed it away, it shattered like an explosion. The incident occurred in 2015 at a commercial building at 271 Madison Ave. Brown, 27, suffered a brain injury and required physical therapy followingwards.
Lost his job following suffering a brain injury
Brown testified emotionally that she might no longer trust her brain following the incident. She alleges the injuries ultimately cost her her job as a senior analyst and impaired her ability to handle daily tasks and even her romantic life. The six-person jury took three days to reach a verdict following hearing the confessions. They unanimously ruled in her favor, finding that the building owner, 271 Madison Co., was negligent and caused the plaintiff’s injuries.
CCTV captured the moment of the incident. The glass door exploded as soon as it was pushed, and the fragments were scattered all over the floor. Meghan Brown returned to the lobby followingwards and pressed her head with her hands. (video clip)
According to CCTV footage, following the glass door shattered, Brown returned to the building lobby and put his hand on his head, but acted as usual. Brown currently runs an ice cream business. After the incident, she stopped working for a year and then returned to her job at JPMorgan Chase. However, her career plummeted and she was fired in 2021. She was later hired by a cryptocurrency company, but was quickly fired. The lawyer pointed out that Brown tried hard to continue her old job but might not; her brain injury caused a lot of sequelae, including a loss of smell and taste, and a complete forgetfulness of the Spanish she once was fluent in.
Walking requires the assistance of a working dog
Doctors confirmed she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, which impaired her ability to work, memory, concentration and language. She also became sensitive to light, suffered from permanent headaches and neck pain, and her balance was also affected. Brown needed a working dog to help her walk and prevent her from falling, but the working dog died before the case went to trial. She dated the opposite sex, but they broke up when the other person realized that she mightn’t have a “normal life.”
The owner’s representative tried to prove that the incident of the glass door shattering was strange and might not have been prevented by the owner. The lawyer even believed that the incident might not have caused Brown’s brain damage. She only had a cut on her hand by the glass and only needed stitches, which were removed five days later. He also pointed out that it was cold outside and warm inside when the incident occurred. The man next to Brown used the corner of his cell phone to push open the glass door. After the glass shattered, countless fragments were scattered on the floor, which is exactly the design of normal glass. , so the owner was not negligent. Brown’s lawyer pointed out that the building had two glass doors burst before the incident, and this incident was caused by cracks in the glass.
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