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Jury Awards 13 million Dollars for Hit & Run
Jury awards $13 Million in hit-run death of boy
Miami Herald - January 11, 1996
The parents of a Hallandale boy killed 19 months ago by an allegedly drunk driver were awarded $13 Million in damages Wednesday by a Broward County jury.
"I think the jury was trying to send a message that if you drink and drive, they're going to make you pay" said Larry Ben, the family's attorney.
Bryan Jonathan Bernier, 15, a freshman at Hallandale High School, died May 14, 1994, after he was hit by a van on Hallandale Beach Boulevard just west of Interstate 95 in Pembroke Park.
Police believe a van driven by Joseph Monroe Eule of Hallandale struck Bernier from behind as the boy sat at a red light on his motor scooter. Eule allegedly fled to Dade County and abandoned the van just south of Ives Dairy Road.
Eule is in jail awaiting trial on criminal charges stemming from the accident.
