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| Premises Liability; Paintball Eye Injury; Vision Loss |
| Style of Case: Rick Jones v. Wildcat Paintball Park, Inc. |
| Client: Wildcat Paintball Park, Inc. |
| Trial End Date: 4/24/2001 |
| Court: Madison County, Edwardsville, Illinois |
| Type of Case: Premises Liability; Paintball Eye Injury; Vision Loss |
| Judge: The Honorable Daniel Stack |
| Reed Armstrong Lawyer who tried the case: Martin K. Morrissey |
| Jury Verdict |
| After a seven-day trial the Madison County jury returned a not guilty verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff had claimed the Paintball Park employees had negligently invited plaintiff to leave the safe staging area and walk to another location near a playing field, where plaintiff was then struck in the eye by a stray paintball from the game field. Plaintiff claimed significant injury, multiple surgeries, traumatically caused glaucoma and loss of vision in the eye. Martin K. Morrissey was the attorney defending this case. |
| Additional Information |
Last Demand: Pretrial - $300,000
At Trial - $950,000 before closing
$4 million requested from jury in closing argument.
Last Offer: $75,000 |
| Verdict: Defendants verdict |
