Record Settlement in Dram-Shop Case May Be Unsealed
A New Jersey appeals court appears in sync with arguments that secrecy should be lifted on the money a vending company paid a girl paralyzed in a crash with a drunken football fan. A jury found Aramark Corp. liable in 2005 for $105 million in compensatory and punitive damages for serving too many beers to the driver who struck Antonia Verni's vehicle after a game. The state high court reversed the verdict, and when the case settled before a retrial, a judge sealed the amount and all future proceedings.
