Eugenie Bouchard wins case against USTA, lawyer seeks millions in damages

Eugenie Bouchard won her case against the US Tennis Association this morning for a locker room fall at the 2015 US Open

Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie Bouchard won her case against the US Tennis Association this morning for a locker room fall at the 2015 US Open. A New York federal court jury needed less than an hour of deliberation to find USTA negligence was the main culprit in the fall that left Bouchard with a concussion and forced her to withdraw from the Grand Slam event. She did not play a complete a match for the rest of the 2015 season. Her attorney, Benedict Morelli, said he would be claiming “millions and millions” in damages.

The damages phase of the trial will begin soon. Bouchard, 23, testified on Wednesday that she screamed in pain when she fell in a physiotherapy room at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, because her skin was burned by a cleaning spray that was applied to the floor.

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