Parking Attendant Wins $1 Million From Doctor

PORTLAND, Ore. — An airport parking attendant won a $1-million verdict against a doctor who hit her with his Mercedes-Benz when she tried to give him a parking ticket.

June Grittman, who earned $11 an hour, testified that Brett said he could “buy and sell” people like her after she asked him in 1995 to move from a no-parking zone.

As she stood in front of the neurosurgeon’s car writing a $25 ticket, Brett bumped her across the knees, backed up and hit her again, sending her sprawling onto the hood. Witnesses testified that Brett bragged of making $3 million a year and told Grittman that if she didn’t get out of the way, he would run her over.