Type: Negligent Supervision/Drunk Driver
Parties: Nichols, et al v. Truckstop Distributors, Inc.
Injuries: Broken tibia, torn rotator cuff, soft tissue injuries
Brief Description: The plaintiff was a 36 year old man who sued a truck stop and security guard after being struck by a car while walking on the premises. An off-duty employee of the truck stop was found to have a blood alcohol content level of .21. The plaintiff stated that the employee had been drunk on the premises for an hour before the accident and that police and security were not notified. The plaintiff claimed that the security guard should have observed that the man was drunk and should have intervened.
Settlement Awarded: $652,000.00

Type: Power Line Accident
Parties: Puckett v. Southern Construction Company
Injuries: Amputation of left arm below the elbow, severe damage to right arm.
Brief Description: In January 1998, Scott Puckett, came into contact with a power line while working for Southern Construction Company. He suffered the loss of his left arm from the elbow and severe damage to his right arm. Puckett filed for and received social security benefits. He also sought workers compensation benefits, including future medical expenses. The parties settled the workers' compensation claim three days before the hearing.
Settlement Awarded: $232,500.00

Type: On The Job Injury
Parties: Mickle v. Miracle Recreation Equipment Co, et al.
Injuries: Five traumatic and repetitive-motion injuries to shoulders
Brief Description: The claimant was a metal fabrication employee who made a workers' compensation claim based on five shoulder injuries. The claimant used a variety of machines, and his duties involved lifting of metal parts of various sizes and weights hundreds of times per day up to or above shoulder height, with elbows outstretched. Four of the claimant's injuries required surgery. The parties stipulated that two of the injuries were compensable. The ALJ found that injuries were caused by the claimant's repetitive lifting of metal parts on the job, which caused stress and eventual tears of the rotator cuffs, and awarded the worker $76,747.
Verdict Awarded: $76,747.00

Type: Workers' Compensation
Parties: Snodgrass v. Baldwin Trucking
Injuries: Death
Brief Description: A trucking company initially denied workers' compensation benefits to the son of a truck driver who was killed in an accident, claiming that methamphetamine was found in his blood and urine. Keith Douglas Snodgrass was killed January 1997 while driving a tractor-trailer near Columbus, Ohio for Baldwin Trucking Company based in Springfield. The chief toxicologist tested the body and found an allegedly toxic level of methamphetamine in the blood and urine. The employer denied benefits to Snodgrass' 7-year old son on the basis that the injury was idiopathic and the accident was not in the "course and scope of employment." The claimant produced evidence that methamphetamine can be found in Vick's Inhaler and other over the counter medicine. The settlement was reached after one-half day of testimony by Dr. Norman Belz, an occupational physician who deals with toxicology issues in his practice.
Settlement Awarded: $130,000.00
Special Damages: $195,000 death benefits

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