$810,000 settlement in Wrongful Death case

Portland, Cumberland County. Wrongful death action brought on behalf of parents of an 18-year old boy who was murdered in the parking lot of a Portland restaurant. The restaurant and its parking lot had been the scene of a large number of violent and criminal incidents. On the evening of the incident, a fight began in the parking lot and the decedent was stabbed by an unknown assailant. The owners of the restaurant agreed to compensate the plaintiffs for the loss of their son.