A former Morgan employee received $35 million (roughly ₹292 crore) in compensation from the Manhattan Supreme Court after a glass door in a New York City building suddenly broke on her during a physical therapy appointment in 2015, permanently damaging her brain, according to the New York Post.
The 36-year-old Meghan Brown was found not guilty after a three-week trial, according to the report. The court was shown the startling CCTV footage of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, in which the 7.5-foot-tall lobby door nearly exploded on the JP Morgan employee as she was leaving the building for a physical therapy appointment.
She said before the Manhattan Supreme Court, "I do remember seeing glass, like, everywhere, in the lobby, near me."
Brown claimed she could recall "being inside and I was on the floor," but she couldn't recall the exact moment the door broke in her face. There were others assisting me at that time, and glass was all over the place.
Brown's bright career in investment banking came to an end due to a severe brain injury she sustained during the terrifying occurrence at 271 Madison Avenue.
Brown told the Manhattan Supreme Court that her disabilities prevented her from doing her duties as a high-level analyst at JP Morgan, damaged her ability to do daily chores, and even ended her romantic relationship.She lost her work as a result of the tragedy, and it also compromised her taste and smell buds. Brown continued by saying that, despite formerly being competent in the language, she had entirely forgotten how to understand Spanish.
"Well, I can't trust my brain, which is one of the biggest problems I have with it," Brown said during her tearful March 12 testimony, according to the New York Post.
Brown said in court that she had a decline in her executive functioning, memory, attention, and language, and that she was eventually diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
In addition, Brown informed the court that there had been two previous incidents of the building's glass door breaking, in 2010 and 2014, and that he believed a crack in the door was the cause of the occurrence.
Brown returned to JP Morgan a year after the event, but her performance wasn't the same, and in 2021 she was dismissed. She also briefly worked for a cryptocurrency firm before losing her job there as well. Her attorney stated, "She keeps trying but just can't perform."
