Godwin Boateng
68-year-old awarded nearly $2 million after BMW’s ‘soft close’ door severed his thumb
A Long Island man, Godwin Boateng, has been awarded $1.9 million in damages after the “soft close” door of his BMW severed his right thumb in 2016. The 68-year-old software engineer from Valley Stream expressed joy over the verdict delivered by a Brooklyn federal court jury on Thursday nearly a decade after the incident. “We’re…