A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his employer for the traumatic amputation of his finger in a conveyor belt accident.
Case: Medrano v. Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Inc., No. 02-24-00262-CV, 01/09/2025, published.
Facts: Emiliano Medrano worked for Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Inc.
In August 2018, his supervisor allegedly asked him to work a conveyor belt for the first time. Medrano’s hand became caught in the belt, and his ring finger was severed.
According to Medrano, he had to walk around the plant, bleeding, before...
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