Former Mississippi Valley Basketball Player Awarded $12 Million in Nightclub Shooting Lawsuit
Seven years after being paralyzed in a nightclub shooting, former Mississippi Valley State University basketball player Michael Archie has been awarded $12 million in compensatory damages.
Michael Archie, a Greenwood native, was shot at Club Focus on Jan. 26, 2003, after a fight he was not involved in broke out on the dance floor, Archie testified Monday.
Circuit Judge Richard Smith of Greenwood had already ruled that one of the two defendants in the case, Club Focus owner Rosie Meeks Brown, was liable in the case. The jury’s job was to determine the amount of damages.
The second defendant, security guard Johny King, was found liable in the case by the jury. King fired the shot that wounded Archie, according to Archie’s testimony.
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I hope that this will be some kind of solace for a talent snuffed out too soon.