Recent Jury Award

A jury awarded more than $13 million to a construction foreman who was injured when a job site's temporary bridge collapsed and dumped him onto a sidewalk eight feet below. After a judge ruled that the site's owners and the project's general contractors were liable via the broad applicability of the labor law, the jury found that the bridge's manufacturer was negligent in its construction of the bridge and that the site's engineer and the foreman's employer were negligent in their failure to inspect the bridge. The foreman, Paul Barraco, claimed that he sustained a back injury and fractures of both heels. He contended that he cannot resume work. Barraco was awarded $13,362,904, and his wife was awarded $637,096 for her residual loss. www.foleygriffin.com