A beginner jiu-jitsu student in California was awarded $56 million ($77 million CDN) after being paralyzed by his black belt instructor during a sparring session. Article content

Jack Greener, 30, a white belt, had been sparring with Francisco Iturralde, 33, during a Brazilian jiu-jitsu session in Del Mar, California, when he suffered the devastating spinal cord injury, KNSD reported. Article content Article content

The incident took place on Nov. 29, 2018, at Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club, when the two men were paired up.

Iturralde, a second-degree black belt, put his entire weight on Greener in a position that crushed the student’s cervical vertebrae, rendering him a paraplegic.

Greener was hospitalized for several months and suffered multiple strokes among a series of other ailments,

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