An Indian-American sibling duo have been awarded a record $9 million in damages for severe injuries sustained by them after they were attacked by metal bats during a brawl with two men in a night club in 2005.
Anuj Sapra and Arti Sapra won the judgement in Manhattan Supreme Court for the incident at the city club when the two men misbehaved with them and later beat them up with baseball bats.
The siblings' Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra said that the case "represents the serious fallout of New York clubs regularly serving under-age children excessive amounts of liquor, and such drunken state coupled with immature judgement, becoming a violent trigger for serious injury, or worse, near-death."
Mr Batra said the Sapras were harassed and assaulted by two men who were "under-age" but were still "illegally" served liquor by the club.
Anuj Sapra sustained serious injuries, including traumatic brain injury, skull fractures, facial fractures, internal bleeding, hearing loss and a fractured hand.
The men were subsequently indicted by a New York County Grand Jury, Mr Batra said.
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