Update: Greenwood Commonwealth's Full Article on $12 Million Leflore County Verdict
Here is the Greenwood Commonwealth’s article about the recent $12 million Leflore County jury verdict for former Valley basketball player Michael Archie. Information included:
- A judge issued a default judgment in 2005 finding that the owner of Itta Bena’s now-defunct Club Focus, Rosie Meeks Brown, was liable in the case. Brown had never responded to legal filings. The jury’s job, therefore, was to set the amount of damages.
- A second defendant, security guard Johny King, re-sponded to the suit and was going to represent himself, according to Moore. However, King did not show up for the trial.
- When asked if he expected the defendants would ever pay, [Carlos] Moore said he reserved comment. However, Club Focus did have insurance, according to Moore. “They can pay voluntarily, or we can make them pay,” he said.
