A federal judge in Massachusetts has awarded $3.3 million in damages to a lawyer for injuries suffered when he crashed his snowmobile into a camouflaged U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter parked on a snowmobile trail at dusk.
Judge Mastroianni found that the government was 60% responsible for the 2019 incident because it failed 'to take any steps to protect against the obvious risk' that it created from parking the helicopter in the spot.
Smith was 40% responsible for speeding and wearing tinted goggles at night, the judge said.
This is a bit shy of his original $9.5M asking price, but hopefully it is enough to put a serious dent in his medical bills and compensate him for his suffering.
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