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Wildcats News Roundup

March 10th, 2010

Wildcats Crash

Five years later, the tragic story of the Windsor Wildcat’s deadly bus crash still strikes a cord. National and especially local news outlets have picked up the story of this first verdict awarding damages to three victims of that terrible accident. You can read some of that coverage below.

Windsor Star: “Windsor Wildcats win court battle” (March 10, 2010)

“The verdict demonstrates how seriously the jury was moved by the experiences of having witnessed the deaths of their close friends and teammates,” said Wildcats’ lawyer Moshe Horn. “While these courageous young women and man were fortunate to have survived the crash, their lives haven’t been the same since.”

Windsor Star: “Windsor Wildcats win court battle – Cash cap for crash under appeal” (March 11, 2010)

“We do not understand why Canadian law should apply in a motor vehicle accident in New York,” said lawyer Marc Albert. “We are so confident that New York law applies here, that we think we will prevail.”

Gault said, to her, the monetary sum is irrelevant. “No amount of money is ever going to change what happened.”

Law360: “Jury Awards $2.25M Survivors Of Deadly Bus Crash”

“This probably has been the most painful testimony I’ve seen in my 16-year career as a trial lawyer,” Horn said. “The verdict demonstrates how seriously the jury was moved by their experiences of having witnessed the deaths of their close friends and teammates.”

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