The picture shows the supermarket where the accident occurred (photo source: New York Times)
According to the Associated Press, local time on June 15th, a jury in New York decided to give a US philanthropist Marion Heggs $45 million in compensation, the female philanthropist In 2011, on the crosswalk of a shopping mall in Manhattan, the supermarket trolley hit the head and almost lost his life.
In October 2011, the woman and her son bought Halloween candy at the mall when a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old boy hung a wheelbarrow from a guardrail above her location, according to New York Times. The cart fell from a height of 70 feet and hit the woman's head. She stopped breathing and was taken to the hospital. Her lawyer says she suffered from severe brain damage and severe loss of cognitive and memory and visual acuity.
The woman and her family sued the mall for security services, according to court documents. The six-member jury decided to pay the woman about $45 million in damages, $2.5 million to her son, $2 million to her husband, 10 percent to the boys hanging the wheelbarrow and 25 percent to the security company. The mall is responsible for 65%.
Victim Marion. Herges (photo source: New York Times)
Court documents show that the two boys were arrested and convicted of juvenile offenders, and Ms Herges did not prosecute them.
When the verdict was announced on Friday, Marion. Herges was very excited. The 53-year-old said it was the end of the long road. Herges said she would donate part of the compensation to a youth center to give children better things to do than throw shopping carts when they are bored. (foreign Network Zhu Jianyu)