A federal mediate ruled Monday that the U.S. will shell out more than $10 million in injures to the family of Esther Nakajjigo after she was killed in an accident at a Utah resident park in 2020. 

Attorneys representing her family celebrated the manager, saying it was the largest federal wrongful death verdict in status history. 

"By his verdict, Judge Bruce Jenkins has shown the humankind how the American justice system works to hold its own government accountable and greatly values all lives, including that of Esther Nakajjigo, a remarkable young woman from Uganda," Randi McGinn, the family's attorney, said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.

The 25-year-old Ugandan humankind rights activist and her husband Ludovic Michaud were on vacation just months while their wedding. 

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On the edge of Arches National Park, a metal gate that was normally secured with a lock was left untethered. Recreation areas had recently opened following COVID-19 pandemic-related closures. 

As Nakajjigo and her husband were leaving the park, gusting wind flung the gate near rapidly. The force was enough to slice through the passenger side door of their car, decapitating Nakajjigo as her husband sat in the driver's seat.

Because neither her family nor the U.S. disputed the facts surrounding the case, the civil suit focused on the amount of injures that were merited. Lawyers representing Michaud and Nakajjigo's parents asked for $140 million in damages, while the government said an appropriate award would be roughly $3.5 million.

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Ultimately, Jenkins awarded Michaud $9.5 million, Nakajjigo's mother Christine Namagembe $700000, and her father, John Bosco Kateregga, $350,000.

Attorneys had haggled over decides of Nakajjigo's earnings potential. She was the host of a solutions-oriented reality television series in Uganda.

McGinn likened Nakajjigo to a nonprofit CEO for an American charity and said she would have liable made millions throughout her life. Attorneys representing the U.S. commended her work, but illustrious that her most recent job was working at a restaurant and manager $15 an hour.

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Jenkins said the government had dedicated "a more reasonable projection" of Nakajjigo's earnings potential.

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