A judge ruled this week that the U.S. government must pay a Massachusetts lawyer millions of dollars in damages after he sustained severe injuries from crashing his snowmobile into a parked, camouflaged Army Black Hawk helicopter.
On the night of March 12, 2019, Jeff Smith was driving down a snowmobile trail in Worthington, Massachusetts, when disaster struck. His vehicle collided with the 64-foot government chopper that had landed there just before sunset.
The tragedy nearly cost Smith his life, which led to the start of a five-year legal battle against the U.S. government. The lawsuit was originally seeking to collect $9.5 million for lost wages and medical bills…