A Las Vegas jury has awarded $8 million to a 38-year-old special education middle school teacher who sued after he was permanently injured when he was served cleaning supplies instead of draft beer at a casino bar
From The Associated Press
Mar 27, 2022 at 4:14 p.m
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LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas jury has awarded $8 million to a special education middle school teacher who sued after he was permanently injured when he was served cleaning supplies instead of draft beer at a casino bar.
Lon Enwright, 38, also used to work as a wine manager at restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip but lost his sense of taste after being injured in December 2018 at a Barley’s Casino & Brewing Co. in Henderson, his attorney Andre Lagomarsino said Friday.
Enwright, a Ph.D., continues to teach and coach basketball but has stomach and esophageal ulcers and an increased risk of cancer, Lagomarsino said. The lawyer described the jury prize as compensation for “the loss of joie de vivre”.
A spokesman for Station Casinos, Barley’s parent company, did not immediately respond to news of the March 18 verdict in Clark County District Court.
Enwright’s attorneys, including Rahul Ravipudi, said Barley admitted liability and offered $300,000 in damages before the trial.
Enwright’s negligence lawsuit said he was ill and had convulsions after asking for a sample of Honey Blonde ale on tap and being served caustic chemicals commonly used to clean beer faucets and lines.
His attorneys said the bar’s staff knew the beer lines were out of order for cleaning work.