$100,000
Maritime Injury
Woman injured in boating accident receives $100,000 for pain and suffering: A 31-year-old female who was a passenger in a pleasure boat going from Connecticut to Block Island was injured when the boat operator struck a wave causing her, in the bow, to smash up and down, compress her spine and suffer a T12 thoracic fracture. After wearing a brace for two months and undergoing pain management injections the case was settled for $100,000.