A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered permanent injuries from a fall from the walkway of a ship was entitled to an additional $262,940.75 in damages to account for the extent of his pain and suffering, as well as for the actual amount of his medical bills.
Case: Madrid v. AEP River Operations, No. 2014-CA-0044, 10/15/2014, published.
Facts: Enrique Madrid suffered injuries to his knee, back and shoulder when he fell 14 feet from the starboard walkway of a ship onto a dry dock.
At the time, an employee of Eagle Control Systems, Inc. was working on the vessel's wate...
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