A Court of Claims judge has awarded $14.7 million to the estate of a former upstate mayor who was killed in a 2004 automobile accident. Jason Rhoades was 28 years old when he skidded off a highway overpass and plunged off a bridge to his death, ending a promising career and leaving behind a wife and two young children.
“The deep sorrow, loss of affection, and loss of companionship cannot be compensated by money damages under the statute,” Judge Diane Fitzpatrick (See Profile) wrote in Grevelding v. State, 109855.
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