Updated at 2:58 p.m. with additional information.

A North Texas woman who survived a fall of more than 3,000 feet to the ground in a sky-diving accident in Oklahoma three years ago has won $760,000 in a lawsuit.

Makenzie Wethington (Facebook)

Makenzie Wethington, then 16, injured her liver and kidney, suffered bleeding in her brain and broke her pelvis, lumbar spine, shoulder blade and several ribs when her parachute malfunctioned above Chickasha on Jan. 25, 2014. She also chipped several teeth.

A trauma surgeon who treated her that weekend, Dr. Jeffrey Bender, didn't know the specifics of the incident but said, "If she truly fell 3,000 feet, I have no idea how she survived."

Another doctor who oversaw her rehabilitation in Dallas marveled that someone of "her size and stature" didn't die from the fall.

Makenzie a short time after the January 2014 accident. (Oklahoma University Medical Center)

After several weeks of recovery at Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Makenzie was able to return to her high school about 15 miles south of Fort Worth that April.

The Joshua resident, who is now studying pre-med at Sam Houston State University, was awarded $760,000 last week by a U.S. district judge: $400,000 for physical pain and suffering, $350,000 for mental pain and suffering, and $10,000 for future medical expenses, The Oklahoman reported.

Her lawsuit claimed that she wasn't properly trained for the jump and that her parachute was inappropriate for her skill level.

But Robert Swainson, who owned the now-closed Pegasus Air Sports Center in Chickasha, argued that Makenzie panicked during the jump and failed to follow instructions.

The teen had wanted to sky-dive as a high school graduation present. But she begged her parents to let her jump as a birthday present when she learned that the minimum age to jump alone in Oklahoma was 16. The U.S. Parachuting Association responded to the incident by raising the minimum age to 18 nationwide.

Joe Wethington consented to his daughter's sky dive but later said it shouldn't have been allowed. (2014 File Photo/Staff)

Makenzie's father, Joe Wethington, made the 200-mile drive to Oklahoma with her and was the first to jump from the plane that morning. The sky divers were making a static-line jump, where a lanyard attached to the plane is connected to the parachute, causing the chute to open automatically.

Wethington said that when his daughter jumped, her parachute opened only partially and she began to spin toward the ground.

Swainson, the chief instructor at Pegasus for more than three decades, disputed that, saying her parachute opened completely and that it had a slight turn — something he said she could have easily corrected using techniques from his five-hour class before the jump.

Swainson said he was unable to jump out of the plane to help — another sky diver got cold feet and protocol was for him to remain on the plane — but said the teen was receiving instructions during the jump through a radio in her helmet.

"There are other things you can do to stop the turn, but she didn't do anything," he said. "I think she just panicked."

Pegasus Air Sports Center in Chickasha, Okla., which Robert Swainson owned and operated for more than 30 years, has closed since the 2014 sky-diving accident.

The Federal Aviation Administration released a report in June 2014 saying that Makenzie's parachute was in good working condition at the time of the jump. It found no evidence of safety violations at Pegasus Air Sports Center.

Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti ruled against Swainson, 70, who has since moved to the United Kingdom.

Joe Wethington, who had consented for his daughter to make the jump, later said it shouldn't have been allowed.

"I don't think she should have been allowed at 16 to go up there and perform that type of jump; no matter what I say or she says, she shouldn't have been allowed," he said. "I find it very hard to believe that the rules and regulations in Oklahoma are that lax."

1 / 3Makenzie Wethington wanted to sky-dive for her 16th birthday. (Oklahoma University Medical Center) 2 / 3Makenzie Wethington discussed her recovery at a February 2014 news conference. (File Photo/David Woo)(Staff Photographer) 3 / 3Makenzie Wethington returned to Joshua High School less than three months after the accident. (Oklahoma University Medical Center)

Makenzie said a few weeks after the accident that if she could have done things differently, she would have waited to sky-dive later in life.

"It's definitely taught me there's a god and he's looking out for me," she said then.

She said she has post-traumatic stress disorder, memory loss, panic attacks, headaches and nightmares as a result of the accident. She continues to receive treatment for kidney infections.

"This crash and all of the injuries and my ongoing recovery will forever affect the rest of my life," she said in a court filing.

Staff writer Claire Z. Cardona and The Associated Press contributed to this report.