| Record compensation for injury |
| [30.08.2007, 11:31pm, Thu. GMT] |
Footballer Dagfinn Enerly, whose life was turned upside-down in a 2005 accident, receives NOK 9,5 million in compensation for breaking his neck on the field, the highest ever compensation given to a Norwegian athlete. After breaking his neck in a 2005 accidental collision with a team mate on the field, Fredrikstad player Dagfinn Enerly has been tied to a wheel chair. Almost two years later, the football star whose life was turned upside-down, has received NOK 9,5 million (about USD 1,6 million), the highest financial compensation ever given to a Norwegian athlete after a sports injury, reports newspaper VG. Through his lawyer, Enerly said that he was "happy" with the compensation, but that he did not want to comment further on the issue.Meanwhile, team FFK decided to preserve Enerly's jersey number eight.
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