A wrecking ball, and a foot
A deckhand assigned to a tugboat was working aboard a barge when the wrecking ball of a crane came down on his foot, causing severe injuries.
The case was tried in state court in Escambia County, Florida.
The offer, and the verdict
The highest offer before trial was $500,000. The jury returned $2,218,000 — more than four times what the defense said the case was worth.
What the evidence showed
- The client was a deckhand assigned to a tugboat, working aboard a barge.
- A crane’s wrecking ball landed on his foot, causing severe injuries.
- The defense’s highest offer before trial was $500,000.
- An Escambia County, Florida jury returned $2,218,000.
The offer, and the verdict
Highest offer before trial$500,000
The jury returned$2,218,000
The gap between those two numbers is the entire argument for trying a case.
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