Family of Man Killed in Bus Accident Wins $6.1M

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December 21st, 2007

"Family Awarded 6.1M in Damages Over Bus Accident at Gillette Stadium"

A jury in Massachusetts awarded more than $6 million in damages to the family of a man killed during a bizarre bus accident at Gillette Stadium in August 2003.

Thomas Kelly, 64, sustained severe injuries when a steel gate crashed through the windshield of the shuttle bus taking him and a group of other passengers back to the stadium after a golf tournament. He died several days after the accident.

According to reports, passengers were pinned inside the bus for an hour and three of the passengers had to be airlifted to a local hospital. One woman had to have a below-the-knee amputation on one of her legs because of the injuries she sustained.

Passengers File Claims
A number of the injured passengers filed claims, and some of those have already settled out of court. Kelly’s wrongful death case went to trial, and a jury found Foxboro Realty, which owns the stadium, and a couple of companies that worked for Foxboro guilty of negligence.

Kelly’s widow was awarded $1.82 million and each of his two sons $1.4 million. The total award comes to just over $6 million when interest, medical and other costs are added.

(Source: Boston Herald online)

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