Invest in your success.
JVRA helps lawyers win cases by providing critical information you can use to establish precedent, determine demand and win arguments.
Verdict range $100,000 - $500,000
ARTICLE ID 47598
$________ - Negligent training and supervision of tattoo parlor employees - Civil battery - Jaw fracture - Facial lacerations with scarring - Concussion - Vertigo - Defendant in default.
Orange
The plaintiff alleged that an employee of the
defendants tattoo parlor, Jeffrey Robinson, punched him in the
face and knocked him into a brick wall. The plaintiff claimed the
defendant tattoo parlor failed to properly train and supervise
its employees, resulting in the battery upon the plaintiff. The
defendant tattoo parlor was in default and the case was tried on
the issue of damages only. The alleged assailant, Robinson, was
also named as a defendant in the case, but could not be located
for service of the complaint.
The plaintiff, a 40-year-old real estate professional, testified
that he accompanied a girl he was dating to the defendants
tattoo parlor so that the girl could have a piercing fixed. After
the girl went into a back room for the procedure, the plaintiff
testified he noticed a box of Cheez-It crackers on the
defendants counter. The plaintiff took some of the crackers and
began to eat them.
The plaintiff testified that a heavily tattooed man who was
behind the counter became very angry because the plaintiff had
taken the crackers. The plaintiff contended that he proffered a
$5 bill and offered to pay for the snacks. The plaintiff
testified he left the money on the counter and exited the
establishment in the company of the girl with whom he had
entered.
When the plaintiff was one step outside of the defendants door,
he claimed that another of the defendants tattoo artist, the
defendant Robinson, came out of the building wearing four heavy
rings on his right hand. Robinson tapped the plaintiff on the
shoulder and then struck him in the face with a right cross,
according to the plaintiffs testimony. Criminal charges were
brought against Robinson as a result of the assault.
The plaintiff contended that the punch knocked him into a brick
wall and planter where he struck his face and lost consciousness.
The plaintiff testified he woke up the next day in the hospital.
The plaintiffs medical records showed that he sustained a jaw
fracture, facial lacerations and a concussion as a result of the
incident. The plaintiff has been left with a permanent vertical
scar from his eye, along his nose to his mouth.
The plaintiffs plastic surgeon opined that the plaintiff will
require scar revision in the future. The plaintiff also claimed
permanent vertigo, which limited him to a managerial position in
the real estate company that he owned.
The case was tried as a bench trial with an award of $________ to
the plaintiff. Costs of $________ were added to the award. The award
included $________ in past medical expenses; $________ in future
medical expenses; $________ in past loss of wages; $________ in
future loss of wages; $________ in past pain and suffering and
$________ in future pain and suffering. Plaintiffs counsel is
currently attempting to collect the judgment against the
defendant tattoo parlor.
5 ways to win with JVRA
JVRA gives you jurisdiction-specific, year-round insight into the strategies, arguments and tactics that win. Successful attorneys come to the table prepared and use JVRA to:
- Determine if a case is winnable and recovery amounts.
- Determine reasonable demand for a case early on.
- Support a settlement demand by establishing precedent.
- Research trial strategies, tactics and arguments.
- Defeat or support post-trial motions through past case histories.
Try JVRA for a day or a month, or sign up for our deluxe Litigation Support Plan and put the intelligence of JVRA to work for all of your clients. See our subscription plans.