Appeals Court Affirms Ruling for Basketball Player in Premises Liability Case

A Connecticut appeals court judge has declined to disturb the ruling of a lower court and jury, which held a fitness club responsible for unsafe conditions on a basketball court, causing the debilitating injury of a plaintiff.   The appeals court also affirmed most of the $4.4 million in damages that a jury awarded to the plaintiff, reducing the award for future medical costs by only $109,000 after determining there was inadequate evidence to support the jury’s initial monetary award. &nb