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A 43-year-old painter whose brain was damaged so badly that he lost the opportunity to speak, the court awarded compensation in the amount of 58 million dollars.
The man stopped talking after he was beaten a bar guard who broke his skull in a fight. Supreme Court The US found the security company guilty, and ordered to pay compensation to the victim. At a press conference held after court ruling announcement, Antonio Lopez Chai supported relatives.
Having won this process, the man set a kind of record. The amount of compensation that the security company must pay him, became the largest ever awarded to one person in California When Tea took off his baseball cap hiding his terrible injuries, a wave swept through the hall where the press conference was held amazed sighs. “His skull is like a pie from which they cut a quarter, “said lawyer Federico Sayre.
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An attack on Tea was committed at a bar in Mid Wilshire when he tried to stop the bartender and the guard attacking his two relatives. Lawyers said the untrained guard was not licensed, beat Tea with a club, hit eight times foot on the head, and four times hit his head on the sidewalk. “It was really terrifying and cruel beating of a man who was nothing to do with it, “said Sayre, who represented Tea along with Fernando Chavez, son of the famous leader of the movement for civil rights of Cesar Chavez.
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According to the lawyer, guard Emerson Quintanilla, and the bartender, which provoked the attack, disappeared without a trace. Also a lawyer said that the incident occurred on April 20, 2010, when Tea, his brother and two nephews, who also worked as painters, set off after work in the bar.
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One of the relatives had a dispute with the bartender. Quintanilla who worked in a security company, began beating relatives men. Tea tried to intervene, asking the guard to stop. At that moment, according to Seira, the guard struck Tea, sent him to a deep knockout. “When he got to the hospital, part of his skull disappeared. Doctors managed to save his life, but his the brain is very damaged. He can never talk again and he will need 24-hour care for the rest of his life. ”
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