A settlement hšas been reached in tennis starlet Eugenie Bouchardās slip-anš³d-fall lawsuit against the managers of the US Open.
The dollar figure to be paid to Bouchard by the Uništš§ed States Tennis Association was not disclosed.
But a day prior, Bouchard’s lawyer had predicted that a jury award would net his client millions of dollars.
The settlement was struck Friday afternoon at Brooklyn federal court just as jurors were about to hear testimony fromš Bouchard regarding the monetary damages she suffered after slipping backwards on a tile floor that was slick with cleaning chemicals at the 2015 tournament.
The resultinš¬g concussion cą½§aused her to drop out of that yearās tournament.
The settlement spares the one-time No. 5 player from the š potentially embarrassing testimony about how her tenniš”s career has tanked post-concussion.
It comes after both sides made opening statementās.
Bouchardās lawyer, Benedict Morelli, told jurorsš“ that tennis players arenāt supposed to suffer concussions and traumatic brain injuries, and that the pro took a financial hit afterward.
āShe gave up a lot of money at that point,ā Morelli said Friday of Bouchard, who cut short her performance at that yearās tournament due toą¼ŗ her brain injury.
Bouchard has š§since then slid steadily in the standings; she šis currently ranked 116th.
āShe returned tāo tennis, but tennis didnāt rź§eturn to her,ā Morelli said.
But a lawyer for the USTA countered that Bouchardās standings were already slippingš, and that sheās still swimming in endorsement money due to her new career as an inšternet darling.
Bouchardās 1.6 million Inš½stagram followers are treated to and SI Swimsuit Edš“ition snaps.
Her more recent notoriety as a fitness model — if not her tennis skills — has won her lucrative endorsement deals with Coke, Nike and Rolex.
Fridayās settlement comes a day after the same jury found the USTA was 75 percent liable Bouchard slipping on the slippery tile floor.