High Court Says Waitress Injured in Bar Fight Is PTD

The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a waitress for a brain injury that manifested one week after she helped break up a New Year's Eve brawl at the bar where she worked. Sarah Sorensen had "raccoon eyes" and complained of a headache after being pummeled by a customer when a fight broke out at the Harbor Bar in Watertown on Dec. 31, 2009 – but witnesses said she picked herself up, cleaned herself off and finished her shift. Eight days later, Sorensen was undergoing surgery to drain blood and fluid from her brain. She eventually underwent ...