ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man suffered severe injuries from a fall off the third-story balcony at a downtown bar last year. The big question now is, was it his fault? Or the bouncers?
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“He can’t walk, he can’t talk, he is catastrophically injured in a life-changing event,” said Adrian Vega, Partner at Buckingham and Vega Law Firm.
It happened last year on May 20, when 22-year-old Gabriel Romero went to a downtown bar in Albuquerque. After that night, his life would never be the same. “He plummeted three stories down onto the pavement and changed his life forever,” said Vega.
Now, Romero is suing Canvas Artistry, a restaurant during the day turned nightclub in the evening, off Central and First.