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Man awarded Sh4.9 billion for skull damage suffered in California bar beating

Antonio Lopez Chaj who was awarded Sh4.9 billion for injury suffered in bar beating[Photo:Courtesy]

 

A 43-year-old Los Angeles house painter so badly brain damaged that he can't speak has been awarded $58 million (Ksh4.9 billion) by a jury after a beating at a bar left him with half his skull permanently bashed in.

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