Murphy PA "Jury Awards $34.3 Million Verdict in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Case"

Murphy PA announced today that a Baltimore City jury awarded a collective $34.333 million in damages to the twenty-three plaintiffs who were permanently injured by a carbon monoxide release at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse located at the Pier V hotel on February 2, 2008. The jury's verdict is one of the largest in recent memory in Baltimore City.

After a thirteen week trial and two days of deliberations the jury of 3 men and 3 women awarded damages for negligence, public nuisance and battery against both defendants, MJ Harbor Hotel, LLC, who operates the hotel, and owner of the hotel, TPOB Pier 5, LLC.  The restaurant was not a defendant.  

In this exclusive LBN interview, Hassan Murphy discusses how the expert testimony was the key in this case.