Personal Injury & Torts
May 12, 2011
Jury Awards Port Trucker $13.9 MIllion
A jury awarded the damages to a port truck driver injured in an accident at the Port of Long Beach that his lawyers argued was one of several caused by a lack of drug and alcohol tests for dock workers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state court jury last week awarded $13.9 million to a truck driver who suffered severe spinal injuries when a 25,000-pound container fell and crushed his truck at the Port of Long Beach.
The lawsuit, brought by Brian J. Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP on behalf of Felipe Curiel, alleged the crane operator responsible for the accident was under the influence of drugs at the time and that the ...
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