Family Of Man Killed In McDonald’s Parking Lot May Have To Go Through Another Civil Trial
An alcohol-fueled brawl in a McDonald’s parking lot almost four years ago cost Anthony Makowski his life. The man who killed him in the fight was never charged but a civil jury decided last month that the owner of the McDonalds and the shopping mall where it is located should pay Anthony’s parents $1 million for pain and suffering but the family will not see that money anytime soon as Circuit Judge Susan Gardner granted the defendants a new trial on Friday. (read more)
The parents sued over the issue of lack of security at the all-night drive thru that attracted late-night partiers but the judge ruled that she erred in not allowing the other party involved in the fight to be listed as a responsible party leaving only the McDonald’s and the mall as parties responsible. Gardner also said that the totality of the evidence in the trial supported the defendants.
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