A Texas appellate court upheld a verdict in favor of an injured warehouseman on his claim that he had not been provided a safe environment at work.
Case: AAA Cooper Transportation v. Davis, No. 05-18-00541-CV, 08/20/2019, published.
Facts: Olynthus M. Davis worked for Ozburn Hessey Logistics as a warehouseman. In May 2015, Ozburn sent him to load pallets into a trailer that had been leased by AAA Cooper Transportation from XTRA Lease LLC.
The trailer was equipped with an E-track system, which included a metal rail running horizontally down the length of the wall.
Davis had never been ...
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