Judgment against Dodgers doesn't end ordeal, Bryan Stow's father says

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Bryan Stow is wheeled out of the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on June 25. An L.A. jury on July 9 ruled that the Dodgers were partly liable for injuries Stow suffered in a March 31, 2011, beating at Dodger Stadium. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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David and Ann Stow, father and mother of victim, Bryan Stow, with attorney Thomas V. Girardi, far left, after the verdict was read in Los Angeles County Superior Court. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Brian Stow’s parents David and Ann Stow, center, walk away from the courthouse across Grand Avenue on July 9 after a jury awarded roughly $18 million in damages to the San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten into a coma outside Dodger Stadium in 2011. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Judge Victor E. Chavez thanks the jury for their service following the reading of the verdict in the Bryan Stow civil case. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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David and Ann Stow, father and mother of victim, Bryan Stow leave the Los Angeles County Courthouse following the reading of the verdict. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Defense attorney Dana Fox listens as jurors were polled following the reading of the verdict in the Bryan Stow civil trial. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Plaintiff’s attorney Thomas Girardi presents closing arguments in the trial of Bryan Stow’s lawsuit against former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Los Angeles Dodgers LLC. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Defense attorney Dana Fox presents closing arguments in the trial of Bryan Stow’s lawsuit against former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Los Angeles Dodgers LLC. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow is surrounded by Family and media as he is led into the Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse in downtown LA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow, shown in a wheelchair, is accompanied by, from left, his mother, Ann Stow, sister Bonnie Stow, and father, David Stow, as he is led into Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 25 as his civil trial nears an end. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow is led into Los Angeles County Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 25. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow is surrounded by media as he is led into Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 25. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Attorney Thomas V. Girardi addresses the media before beating victim Bryan Stow is led into Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 25. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, right, on June 13 walks into Los Angeles County Superior Court, where he testified in Bryan Stow’s lawsuit against the Dodgers. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Frank McCourt, right, being followed by members of the media, walks into Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 13. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Frank McCourt, center, walks out of Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 13 after testifying in the Bryan Stow beating trial. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt holds a short news conference outside of court June 13. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Frank McCourt, left, and Matt Rose, managing director of communications for McCourt Global, walk past media cameras outside Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 13. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow, assisted by a caregiver, is surrounded by his sisters Erin Collins, left, and Bonnie Stow, second from right, as well as his mother, Ann Stow, in background, as he leaves Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 28. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Beating victim Bryan Stow, in wheelchair, enters Los Angeles County Superior Court in May. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow’s family arrives at Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 29 for opening statements in Stow’s civil case. They are, from left, Stow’s mother, Ann Stow, Stowe’s sister, Erin Collins, and Stow’s father, David Stow. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow says goodbye to his sister, Bonnie Stow, left, after he is assisted by a caregiver into a special van as he departs Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 28. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was beaten at Dodger Stadium, is wheeled out of L.A. County-USC Medical Center to be transported to a San Francisco hospital. His family thanked residents of L.A. for an outpouring of support. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

By Victoria Kim, Corina Knoll

July 10, 2014 12:55 PM PT

Despite winning a nearly $18-million judgment against the Dodgers and two men who beat their son on opening day 2011, Bryan Stow’s parents said the verdict Wednesday doesn’t end the family’s ordeal.

Stow, a former Santa Cruz paramedic and the father of two young children, was beaten unconscious and left with such profound injuries that his attorneys said he will require round-the-clock medical assistance for the rest of his life.

The trial dredged up details about a night that will always be incomprehensible, his father said.

“Bryan was injured for life,” Dave Stow said. “And I just can’t understand that.”

After four weeks of testimony and nine days of deliberations, the trial ended with the jury’s 9-3 finding that the Dodgers shared responsibility for Stow’s injuries along with Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, who were convicted earlier this year of the assault.

The Dodgers are on the hook for $13.9 million of the jury’s verdict, according to the team’s attorney. Former owner Frank McCourt was found not liable for the March 31, 2011, attack.

After court was adjourned, one of the jurors, Alex Valdez, said he would have liked to have given an additional $10 million to the family, but that the jury relied on the defense’s figures when it came to breaking down Stow’s medical costs.

Another juror, Carlos Munoz of Rosemead, said he was emotionally affected by testimony about the Giants fan’s physical and cognitive disabilities.

“It would pull at anybody’s heartstrings, but we had to go by the evidence,” Munoz said.

Led by attorney Thomas Girardi, the plaintiffs that alleged the Dodgers and McCourt were responsible because of shoddy security and poor lighting at Dodger Stadium.

Former Dodgers security personnel testified that the organization was ill equipped to handle the massive crowd that showed up for the game against the Giants.

But the defense countered that the security force on duty on opening day that year was the largest in the history of Dodger Stadium at the time. The defense also presented evidence that the Dodgers had increased spending on security every year.

The real culprits, defense attorney Dana Fox said, were Sanchez and Norwood. Stow’s own intoxication that night was also a factor, he said.

“I held my breath when that came up,” his mother, Ann Stow, said. “We know Bryan is nothing like the defense portrayed him.”