Florida Nightclub Reaches $5M Settlement with Patron Attacked by Bouncer

August 28, 2015

Attorneys say a young man who was attacked by a bouncer at a South Beach nightclub has received a $5 million settlement.

The lawyers representing 22-year-old Youness Adlan announced the settlement August 26. The Miami Herald reports that it is the maximum amount covered by the club’s insurance.

Adlan had been a business student at Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island when he came to South Florida to celebrate the New Year. A lawsuit claimed Adlan was outside Cameo nightclub in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2015 when bouncer Cody Quaife punched Adlan in the face. Adlan was in a coma for three months and remains unable to care for himself.

The club was owned by the Opium Group, but it was sold in March. A call by The Associated Press seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned.

Court records show Quaife awaits trial on a felony battery charge.

Topics Florida

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  • February 15, 2016 at 10:39 am
    George Zein says:
    I am positive that bouncer did not attack the patron unless this guy commit some type of bad behavior, that why nightclub must be well protected by a comprehensive insurance p... read more
  • August 28, 2015 at 2:56 pm
    Jack Kanauph says:
    In a related story, Cody Quiafe is starting his UFC career next month.
  • August 28, 2015 at 2:24 pm
    Agent says:
    I would like to see the other side of this story. Bouncers are not in the habit of punching someone unless something else is going on.

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