Genie Testifies

I think the amount will leak out eventually! But I think it is more then the $15 million that is rumored here, however! Remember her lawyers need to get their share!
 
Given the numbers were made public, a legal expert in the area could give you a figure with reasonable accuracy.
 
final report by NYT:

Rothenberg

"Eugenie Bouchard and the United States Tennis Association reached a resolution on Friday, ending Bouchard’s lawsuit over the head injury she sustained from a fall at the 2015 United States Open.

The terms of the settlement are sealed and confidential.

“It’s been a long time, but it’s something I wanted to do,” Bouchard said of the lawsuit. “It’s been two and a half years, so I’m happy it’s over.”

In a statement later Friday, the U.S.T.A. said the matter “has reached an amicable conclusion for both parties” and added, “We also wish Ms. Bouchard the best of luck moving forward.”

Bouchard sued the U.S.T.A. in October 2015, about six weeks after she slipped on cleaning fluid on the floor of a dimly lit trainers room at the U.S. Open in New York. She had to withdraw from the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events, and she did not complete a match for the rest of that season.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/...ement=9&pgtype=sectionfront#story-continues-1
Bouchard, 23, won the liability phase of the trial on Thursday, though the jury said that she bore 25 percent of the comparative negligence for her injury. That meant that the U.S.T.A. would have had to pay Bouchard only 75 percent of whatever value the jury assigned to her damages.

“I feel vindicated that I got the verdict yesterday,” Bouchard said. “Just relief and happiness right now.”

After each side’s lawyers made lengthy opening arguments in the damages phase of the trial at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, proceedings were suspended for four hours as the legal teams, Bouchard and representatives from the U.S.T.A. met.

Benedict Morelli, Bouchard’s lawyer, initially said he was ready to put her on the stand after the hours of talks had not yielded a resolution. She testified Wednesday in the liability phase of the trial. But in the corridors of the courthouse, Morelli appeared to persuade Bouchard, who was alongside her mother, Julie Leclair, to take the deal the U.S.T.A. had offered.

“When people attack you and attack your name, you get affected by that,” Morelli said of Bouchard’s hesitation. “When you’re resolving it, you want to make sure you can live with it.”

“She’s pleasantly living with it,” he added.

Leclair began to cry as she expressed her relief at the settlement.

“Just relieved that it’s over,” she said. “We try to put it out of our minds, but it’s been a tough two years. Tough on her, tough on the whole family, and I’m just glad it’s over.”

The opening arguments of the damages phase set up what could have been fascinating, speculative arguments about how Bouchard’s career might have proceeded had the injury not occurred
  • She reached the fourth round of the 2015 U.S. Open before being forced to withdraw. Morelli contended that Bouchard, then No. 25 in the world, was likely to win her next two matches and make the semifinals, because she was ranked ahead of the women who would have been her opponents, No. 43 Roberta Vinci and No. 40 Kristina Mladenovic.

He further argued that Bouchard would have had a chance to win against top-ranked Serena Williams in the semifinals, mentioning that “Genie has beaten Serena Williams in the past.” He did not disclose that that win had come at the Hopman Cup exhibition event, which is not counted in head-to-head records.

Alan Kaminsky, the U.S.T.A.’s lawyer, countered by pointing out that Bouchard’s results had been poor throughout the 2015 season. He noted that she had lost, badly, to Vinci just one week before the Open and that she had a losing record against Mladenovic.

“The chances of her winning the U.S. Open that year were extremely not good,” Kaminsky said.

The U.S.T.A. also appeared ready to dispute the nature of Bouchard’s injury itself, rebutting the diagnosis of a concussion. (At the time of her withdrawal from the tournament, Open officials announced that a concussion was her official reason.)

Kaminsky said that numerous magnetic resonance imaging exams were found to be negative for a concussion.

“She did have a bang to the head, and was treated properly for that,” he said.

Kaminsky also countered Bouchard’s assertion that she had lost millions in possible endorsement deals because of the fall, saying she “did not lose one endorsement deal” after the accident.

“When you hear how much money Ms. Bouchard has made from endorsements, you’re not going to believe it,” Kaminsky told the jury. “It’s staggering.”

The jury did not end up hearing that information, which Bouchard had been eager to keep private. She had filed a motion, which was denied, seeking to remove reporters from the courtroom for testimony regarding her endorsements.

Bouchard had also wanted her social media posts to be kept out of the trial, arguing that they painted a misleadingly sunny portrait of her life since the injury. Judge Ann M. Donnelly ruled against that request, too, saying that the court is public and that social media is an admissible record of her state of mind pertaining to various claims of emotional damages and psychological suffering.

Bouchard’s next tournament is expected to be in Indian Wells, Calif., in March. She is currently ranked 116th, well outside the cutoff for the main draw, but she said she was hoping to receive a wild card.
 
So was it a concussion or head injury? It seems there are some differing opinions and some inconclusive evidence.
 
marc45 said:
The U.S.T.A. also appeared ready to dispute the nature of Bouchard’s injury itself, rebutting the diagnosis of a concussion. (At the time of her withdrawal from the tournament, Open officials announced that a concussion was her official reason.)

Kaminsky said that numerous magnetic resonance imaging exams were found to be negative for a concussion.
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MRIs cannot really be negative for concussions in that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. MRIs are simply not sensitive enough to reliably diagnose concussions in many cases. Therefore, it is lawyerly dishonesty to claim that an MRI was negative for a concussion.

A negative finding for a concussion would require significant functional testing as well as imaging.
 
emilyhex said:
So was it a concussion or head injury? It seems there are some differing opinions and some inconclusive evidence.
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A concussion is a specific kind of head injury. While I agree that the evidence was not conclusive "beyond a reasonable doubt" it likely did meet the standard of "more likely than not" required in civil proceedings.
 
In 1971 LeeD hit a serve 135mph in a fast serve contest. He had already gone 4 rounds in a pro tournament pre-qualifying and on his way to potentially a pro career. Later that year he was riding motocross and crashed and separated his shoulder, broke five bones, including his tibia clean into four pieces.

He should consider suing the company that make the steering mechanism for the motorbike.
Lost wage from 34 ATP tournament wins, including 4 wimbledon titles where his big serve would be unstoppable, when figuring inflation:
$173 million USD.
 
Harry_Wild said:
Bouchard was one of Sharapova tennis idol and even had photos taken together when Bouchard was a child of around 11 years old. Kind of interest how things change over time!
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Bouchard is an extremely insecure person-look at how she dumped her pal Laura Robson when Robson was suddenly competition to her as Bouchard rapidly moved up the rankings. She wants to be Sharapova, which is why she fought extra hard against her in the 'grudge' match last year & jumped on the opportunity to paint Maria as the devil incarnate & herself as the angelic saviour of the sport. Overall she knows she hasn't got the talent to win slams & has lost the hard work ethic that bought her close in 2014, no doubt finally working out that Beatrice had the childhood she didn't & is now traveling the world posing in her undies & wants the same life.
 
Tshooter said:
...If I was on the jury: 100% liability USTA...
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The reason I don’t go into “odds & ends” is because of posts like yours. You make no sense.

She’s a professional athlete and she spends a lot of time in locker rooms. She doesn’t think, “hey it’s dark and deserted maybe it’s not safe to be in, maybe it’s been cleaned ?” This cleaning substance she allegedly slipped on doesn’t smell at all ? She shouldn’t have been in the locker room or she should have asked for help.

Keep up these quality posts and I’ll have to add you to my ignore list.
 
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MatsPhilander said:
Ha, the jury are probably all fans...
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According to Rothenberg of the NYT, NONE of the prospective jurors had ever heard of her (including the person that works in marketing for Sports Illustrated :D) and only one had ever been to the USO. :(

https://mobile.twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/965991262867345408

Incidentally, his later tweet that the pool of jurors in that court is “everyone that lives in NY” is wrong. It’s actually comprised of people from Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties (3 boroughs from NYC and all of Long Island).

Of course it takes about 10 seconds to learn this information so I wouldn’t want the facts to interrupt his important tweeting.
 
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Tshooter said:
According to Rothenberg of the NYT, NONE of the prospective jurors had ever heard of her (including the person that works in marketing for Sports Illustrated :D) and only one had ever been to the USO. :(

https://mobile.twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/965991262867345408

Incidentally, his later tweet that the pool of jurors in that court is “everyone that lives in NY” is wrong. It’s actually comprised of people from Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties (3 boroughs from NYC and all of Long Island).

Of course it takes about 10 seconds to learn this information so I wouldn’t want the facts to interrupt his important tweeting.
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A jury of 12 people who have never even heard of her? Pretty hard to believe-alright she isn't Serena or Maria famous, but she is well known & yeah a juror who works for the magazine that has had her featured more than once-wouldn't it be their job to market her pictorials?
 
MatsPhilander said:
A jury of 12 people...
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Why do you think they had 12 people on the jury ? The Fonda Movie ? :D They had 7 jurors (I assume 6 + one alternate). Seven Angry Men ! Except four were woman and I doubt any of the jurors were angry.

Also it wasn’t just the jury of seven that hadn’t heard of her according to the tweet. It was all of the prospective jurors that had not heard of her.

MatsPhilander said:
A jury of 12 people who have never even heard of her? Pretty hard to believe...
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More than 12. They start off the questioning with way more than the number they need (which was 7) because people will be excused for various reasons.

It does seem hard to believe but it is what is is. Tennis isn’t popular. Or maybe instead of changing coaches she should change her P.R. firm.

FYI, This was a federal case (she literally “made a federal case out of it”). The Fed Rules require a jury size between 6 and 12 to start the trial, the verdict must be unanimous and returned by a min. of 6.
 
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MatsPhilander said:
Of course, I am just thinking of a criminal trial, rather than a tribunal which is kind of what this is.
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A Federal criminal trial doesn’t require 12; six will do. NYS criminal trial involving a felony does require the magical 12 jurors; misdemeanor cases only need 6 jurors.

Genie case was not a tribunal, it was a civil (jury) trial.

Incidentally, what’s a criminal trial ?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/...nd-justice-is-served-behind-closed-doors.html
 
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Eugenie Bouchard led People With Money’s annual list of the “100 highest paid tennis players” released on Tuesday.
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It's been a rough year for the tennis player, but at least she has her millions of dollars to ease the pain. 24-year-old Eugenie Bouchard has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money’s top 10 highest-paid tennis players for 2018 with an estimated $96 million in combined earnings.
 
Tshooter said:
Time to dispose of JAMES FRASCATORE v. JAMES BLAKE and others

Still funny:

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Case update: Nothing since early April, 2018 when the parties were still filing their memos in support (Blake) and against (Cop) Blake's Motion to Dismiss the case (arguing there is no legal theory to recover even if everything the Cop alleges is true)***

***Specifically Rule 12(b)(6) if you want to play along:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_12

PS, the video. Still funny.
 
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As of July 11, still nothing filed since the April 6, 2018 memo by Blake in support of his motion to dismiss the case.

 
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