Posted On: November 24, 2005
$3.3M to Boat Quadriplegic in Accident
$3.3 million will be awarded to Stacey Coles of Middletown after having become a quadriplegic in a diving accident. Coles broken her neck after diving into an empty boat slip on a date on August 10, 2002. The slip had become shallow from the buildup of dirt and silt. This slip was 2 feet in depth and neighboring slips were 5 feet. The suit was against the Belmar Borough for failure to warn the public of such danger.
The defense claims that she was drunk and acting recklessly. Nevertheless, the settlement was dispersed between Coles’s family.
- Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal
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