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[Jay Weinshenker]

Yay!
www.cyclingnews.com

>Cyclist awarded $240,000 in damages
>
>A cyclist in Durham, North Carolina, USA, has been awarded $240,000
>damages as a result of a car accident. Thomas Sitzman, a 24 year old
>Duke University MD/Ph.D. student, was riding through downtown
>Hillsborough at 15 mph when a car turned left in front of him. He
>suffered complex fractures to the metacarpal bones in his left hand,
>and has developed early arthritis as a result.
>
>A jury in Orange County, NC, ruled in favour of Sitzman on February
>20, returning a verdict of $240,000 for his personal injury and $950
>for property damage. The case is thought to be the first North
>Carolina verdict for a bicyclist operating his bicycle as a motor
>vehicle.