Despite workers' compensation immunity, a jury awarded a migrant worker $16.5 million in damages for a work-site injury because of the employer's egregious negligence, the Friedman, Rodman & Frank personal injury law firm in Miami said in a press release Wednesday.In the meantime, an employer in Martin County, Fla. agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by the widow of an electrician who was killed after being scalded by water from a ruptured tank, the TCPalm.com website reported. Both lawsuits sought an exemption from workers' compensation's exclusive remedy through a...
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