How much is a lifetime of pain and suffering and a feeling of being “useless” worth? That is the question the Supreme Court answered on May 12 by a 3-2 vote in He v. Miller .
It all started on Oct. 28, 2003, when the defendant crossed a double yellow line and caused a head-on collision with Ming Yu He, a 42-year-old hotel housekeeper, rendering her unconscious, herniating five discs in her neck and back, and leaving her with chronic and permanent pain, such that at trial 4½ years later, she was still taking Vicodin.
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