Steam pipe blast victim Margot Kane rejects $12 million award only to be awarded less money
A woman injured in a New York City steam pipe explosion in 2007 rejected a $12 million jury award and her greed seem to have cost her dearly
According to the The New York Post, a judge has reduced the amount awarded to 78-year-old Margot Kane from $12 million to $4 million.
Ms Kane's reason for rejecting the initial $12 million was because she could not go running anymore. The lawyer for the city argued that Ms Kane was never a runner prior to the accident.
“The argument ... that unlike some amputees, Ms. Kane will never run on her leg is similarly disingenuous ... She was never a runner in 71 years, yet counsel suggests that at age 71, Ms Kane suddenly wanted to become a runner and, thus, she is entitled to compensation for it,” city lawyer Jennifer Coyne said in court papers filed in June.
The New York Post reports that the retired legal secretary must take another big gamble — accept the reduced payout or risk getting nothing in a new trial over the 2007 blast, which injured her leg, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court ruling.
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Mike Gallagher
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