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$820,000 – Auto accident results in four injured and one dead

An employee of an electric company was recklessly driving a truck when he struck two cars, causing the drivers and passengers to suffer injuries and their vehicles to sustain property damage. One of the passengers involved also died as a result of the accident. The individuals, on their own behalf and on behalf of the deceased, recovered a total of $820,000. $820,000

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$725,000 – oiler aggravates low back condition

Plaintiff oiler suffered from a low back congenital deformity. He sustained an injury at work and was placed on light duty status. One day, Plaintiff was required to operate the “power take off lever” on the supply vessel’s port side mud pump. This job violated the restrictions of the doctors who had been treating the Plaintiff. The “power take off lever” caused a direct axial load to the Plaintiff’s spine, resulting in a disabling aggravation to his low back. The employer failed to properly restrict the Plaintiff’s duties on the vessel. The Plaintiff underwent a lumbar disc micro-dissection surgery. $725,000

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$550,000 – rigger injures low back

A shore-based roustabout/rigger injured his low back when he fell due to a vessel gangway not being properly deployed and secured by the vessel’s crew. The gangway collapsed with Plaintiff on it. Plaintiff underwent low back surgery and the case resolved for $550,000. $550,000

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