Following a trial lasting almost two weeks before U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez, an eight-man jury awarded $15.8 million for pain and suffering and economic damages to an Oregon couple following an injury to their nine-year-old son who was hit on the head by a golf club at Topgolf in Hillsboro.
The federal jury handed down its verdict on Thursday after nearly two days of deliberations, finding Topgolf 97% negligent, and the parents of another boy who were hosting the party, 3% negligent.
The Boy Suffered Brain Injury and Had Titanium Plates Inserted Into His Skull
The injured boy’s parents, Kristina and David Thomsen, who filed the lawsuit, were seeking $34 million in damages for injuries to their son, Henry, who suffered a brain injury when his skull was fractured in the incid