John Doe V. Boomers!
Nov 15, 2011OUTCOME: Plaintiff - Jury Awards $4.27 Million
Jury Awards $4.27 Million to Teen Shot Outside Boomers! Fort Lauderdale, FL – Attorneys Bradley Edwards and Matthew Weissing of Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, just obtained a mu ... lti-million dollar verdict for a teenager, with a promising football career, who was shot as he left Boomers!. John Doe was nineteen years old when he was shot in his upper leg on NW 1st Street in Dania Beach, Florida while leaving Boomers!, a family entertainment center. Doe alleged that he was shot as a result of Boomers! failure to provide adequate security on their premises. Doe’s attorneys Brad Edwards and Matt Weissing proved that this shooting was reasonably foreseeable to Boomers! because of the dozens of other violent crimes, including a shooting, that had occurred on Boomers! property in the three years before Mr. Doe's shooting. "Property owners have a duty to protect against foreseeable criminal attacks on their property,” said attorney Brad Edwards. “Given the history of crime at Boomers, this attack was clearly foreseeable and should have been prevented. Justice was done in this case." Before the Boomers! shooting, Mr. Doe was a scholarship football player. As a result of the shooting, the bullet severed his femoral artery and vein and while the life-saving surgery was an overall success, he sustained a permanent and painful nerve injury. Mr. Doe was unable to run or resume his collegiate football career. Attorney Matt Weissing added, “Any time property owners lack the proper safety and security measures, they put their staff and customers on their property at great risk. Had Boomers! taken the necessary actions, Mr. Bellamy could have finished his collegiate football career and future football endeavors.” A Broward County jury returned a verdict of $ 4.27 million against Boomers! (10% comparative negligence on plaintiff and 90% defendant) following a 2 week trial.
