Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has scored another major legal victory, securing a staggering $779 million verdict in a wrongful death case for grieving widow Kimberly Butler. The verdict comes after years of fighting for justice on behalf of Florida security guard Lewis Butler, who was shot dead at an internet café.
A Gadsden County jury awarded a jaw-dropping $779,389,024.37 to the family of Lewis Butler, who was shot dead during a 2023 armed robbery at a Havana, Florida, business allegedly involved in illegal gambling. Crump argued that the internet café — operated by Fortune MGT 2023 LLC and Manishkumar Patel — failed to report an earlier robbery at the same location, and ignored known security risks despite being aware of illegal gambling activity. Read more at www.theroot.com.
