The injury cost a cruise ship company $21.5million (£14.1million) after a set of sliding doors hit a passenger. James Hausman was awarded the huge damages by a jury after a nine-day trial against Holland America. The
businessman was on board the M/S Amsterdam with his wife, daughter and
her tutor when the accident happened leaving him with a minor brain
injury.
The court heard the 61-year-old, who was a gold and
precious-metals retailer, still has memory loss, vertigo and seizures as
a result of the injury, but did manage to complete the 280-day world
cruise.
The Seattle Times
reported Mr Hausman’s lawyer, Rick Friedman 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.
The jury awarded $21.5 million in damages to the Illinois
businessman, of which $16.5 million was punitive damages against Holland
America and $5million for past and future pain, suffering and emotional
distress.
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