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Worker Injured and Burned By Hydraulic Fluid Recovers For Pain - Dallas, Texas

 

A man who was severely burned by hydraulic fluid that sprayed from an asphalt paver agreed to a $6.25 million settlement. In 2008, Milton Dozier, then 65, was operating the Gehl Co. paver when the positive battery terminal ruptured, releasing hydraulic fluid from a pressurized line. Several years earlier, Conley Lott Nichols, an equipment retailer, had performed maintenance on the paving machine and installed a new Gehl controller. The retailer of the controller was S&H Equipment. The plaintiff sustained third-degree burns over 43 percent of his body and had to have his hand amputated. Within a year of filing suit, Conley paid $6 million, S&H paid $75,000 and Gehl paid a confidential amount.

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Worker Who Was Burned and Injured By Electrical Box Recovers - Dallas, Texas

 

A laborer who was severely burned by an electrical box was awarded $7.7 million. In 2007, Marco Murillo, then 32, was salvaging copper cables from electrical boxes at a demolition site. Murillo was working on one of the last boxes to be dismantled when he was severely burned on both hands and forearms. Oncor Electric Delivery was responsible for de-energizing the boxes. Murillo underwent skin grafts and had back muscles transferred to his forearms and nerves transferred from his ankles into his forearms. Oncor was found 60 percent liable and three other defendants were found 40 percent liable. Oncor is responsible for the entire award.

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Burn Victim Recovers For Personal Injury When Appliance Explodes - Dallas, Texas

A Bronx man recovered $5.1 million for injuries he sustained when a radiator burst in his apartment. The payment settled a lawsuit filed by Paul Dozier, who sustained burns of his feet when his apartment was flooded by scalding water that spewed from a broken radiator. Complications led to the amputation of one of his legs. Dozier sued the building's owner and manager, as well as companies that had installed the building's heat-distribution system. He alleged that the system was inadequate and that the building's owner and manager failed to conduct annual inspections and maintenance. The defendants denied that the system was flawed and challenged the practicality of inspecting it yearly, but they ultimately agreed to settle the case.

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