A Fulton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of nearly $9.6 million to the son and estate of a man killed when he fell through a missing guardrail at the Civic Center MARTA station, plunging more than 20 feet to his death.

The plaintiffs’ lawyers said MARTA attempted to shift the blame onto the deceased, arguing Carlos Hicks was drinking heavily before the accident, and had a blood alcohol content of 0.311 percent, almost four times the limit for legal impairment.

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