A jury has awarded $9.5 million in damages to two sisters from Mahwah who were seriously injured in a 2009 boat collision that killed one of their friends.
Jamie and Gina Franzino were aboard a 15-foot skiff that collided with a 31-foot boat in the Manasquan Inlet.
The Record reports the driver of the larger boat, Ed McCarthy of McCarthy's Marine Sales, was found liable in a trial in January.
An email message left with the company wasn't immediately returned Saturday.
Jamie Franzino suffered injuries including a collapsed lung, broken rib, fractured pelvis and concussion. Gina Franzino suffered a broken pelvis and had to have her spleen removed.
Another passenger on their boat, 24-year-old Kyle Tanis of Mahwah, suffered a skull fracture and drowned.
