A woman, arrested by New Jersey State Troopers who believed that she was driving under the influence, was this week awarded $11.5 million in damages by a jury who heard in court that she had in fact suffered a stroke behind the wheel and had her pleas for help ignored by the arresting officers.
Cheryl Lynn Rhines was handed the enormous payout by an Essex County jury in the northern part of the Garden State after they also heard from her lawyers that as a result of the mistaken arrest, she was unable to get urgent medical treatment, leaving her permanently disabled.
