Cara Munn was 15 years old when she was left severely disabled following the school trip abroad. Her father claimed the school failed to take precautions against ticks and didn't get his daughter the correct medical attention.
A federal jury in Bridgeport ruled in favor of Cara Munn, who is now 20.
A Conneticut student left brain damaged and unable to speak after being bitten by a tick on a class trip to China was awarded $41.7 million in compensation.
Cara Munn was 15 when, in the summer of 2007, she traveled to the Asian country with classmates from the posh Connecticut boarding school Hotchkiss.
As they journeyed through a rural area of the country, she was was bitten by an insect - which led to her developing tick-borne encephalitis.
Her father, Orson Munn III who heads advertising agency Munn Rabot, claimed the school failed to take precautions against ticks and didn't get his daughter the correct medical attention.
A federal jury in Bridgeport ruled in favor of the student, who is now 20, on Wednesday after an eight-day hearing. The college prep school said it would appeal the award.
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Cara Munn was 15 when, in the summer of 2007, she traveled to the Asian country with classmates from the posh Connecticut boarding school Hotchkiss.
As they journeyed through a rural area of the country, she was was bitten by an insect - which led to her developing tick-borne encephalitis.
Her father, Orson Munn III who heads advertising agency Munn Rabot, claimed the school failed to take precautions against ticks and didn't get his daughter the correct medical attention.
A federal jury in Bridgeport ruled in favor of the student, who is now 20, on Wednesday after an eight-day hearing. The college prep school said it would appeal the award.
The national criminal defense, wrongful death and serious injury law firm of Charles Jerome Ware P.A., Attorneys and Counsellors, is regarded as a leader in the areas of criminal defense, automobile death, personal injury, survivorship, and wrongful death actions in the mid-Atlantic region --- including Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia.
Attorney Charles Jerome Ware is renowned and consistently ranked among the best attorneys and legal counsellors in the United States. [GQ Magazine, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Columbia Flier, USA TODAY, The Howard County Sun, The Anniston Star, The New York Times, et al.]
The national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys and Counsellors, is a premier Civil litigation and Criminal Defense firm headquartered in Maryland and Washington, D.C. We are: "Still working. Still committed. Still here to make a difference."
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