A New Mexico
jury has awarded a Florida man $3.86 million
in damages after he was injured in a 2009 hot air balloon accident in Albuquerque .
Jurors on
Thursday found that the pilot acted recklessly and the Balloon Fiesta
organization's negligence led to an accident where Thomas Hurd suffered
debilitating injuries.
The Albuquerque Journal says pilot Timmerly Eklund
is responsible for 70 percent of the judgment and the fiesta 30 percent. The
72-year-old Hurd, from Port Charlotte ,
Fla. , was a passenger in Eklund's
balloon on Oct. 5, 2009.
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