Settlement Negotiated in Workplace Death

Thornton V. Autry Greer & Sons, Inc. | Mobile County, Alabama | CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. CV-99-3865

The firm negotiated a confidential settlement for the child of a workman killed when he was crushed at loading dock by a backing 18-wheeler. Plaintiff's theories included negligent failure to warn against the manufacturer of the dock load leveler and willful misconduct by the co-employee driver by failing to maintain dock bumpers.