Published: May 16, 1984
A 22-year-old man injured five years ago as a football player for a Somerville, N.J., high school has been awarded more than $1 million in an out-of-court settlement.
According to the settlement, Jamie Cap will receive an immediate $247,000 cash award, $550,000 in lump-sum payments over the next 25 years, and $50,000 a year for the rest of his life.
He was injured in 1979 during a game against another New Jersey team. The junior had attempted to make a headfirst tackle when he fractured two vertebrae in his upper spine, causing him to be paralyzed...
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