The Duty of Due Care in Negligence
Oscar Whitlock, the plaintiff, was paralyzed on June 19, 1978, at around 10:00
p.m., while trying to perform a one-and-three-quarters front flip on a
trampoline. He became quadriplegic as a result of the injury. The Beta Theta Pi
fraternity, also known as the Beta house, owned the trampoline, which was
positioned in the front yard of the fraternity's campus on the university.
Whitlock, who was twenty years old at the time of his accident, was a member
of the Beta house, where he served as acting house manager, and he attended
the University of Denver. The defendant University of Denver leased the land
where the Beta house was situated to the local chapter house organization of the
fraternity Beta Theta Pi.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
Whitlock had been a trampoline jumper for years. During his brief time as a
cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he learned
how to perform the one-and-three-quarters front flip, he continued to use
trampolines, which he had started using in junior high school. According to
Whitlock's testimony, he spent two months on the trampoline at West Point
every other day. In September 1977, he started jumping on the Beta house's
trampoline. Whitlock recalled that he jumped on the trampoline nearly every
day in the fall and spring before the date of his injury. He also stated in his
testimony that he had performed the one-and-three-quarters front flip between
75 and 100 times before the date of his injury.
Whitlock filed a lawsuit against the trampoline's maker and seller, the
University, the local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and certain persons
acting on behalf of the Beta Theta Pi organizations. Only the negligence action
against the University went to trial since Whitlock made settlements with all of
the named defendants but the University. According to the jury's ruling,
Whitlock was awarded $7,300,000 in total damages. The jury found Whitlock's
actions to be responsible for 28% of the causative carelessness and the
University's actions to be responsible for 72%. As a result, the trial court
lowered the award against the university to $5,256,000.
