This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Verdicts

Dec. 8, 2007

Jury Awards $27 Million to Man Badly Burned at Work

A Fresno man who was burned on 65 percent of his body in a workplace fire was awarded $27 million by a federal jury in Fresno.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A Fresno man who was burned on 65 percent of his body in a workplace fire was awarded $27 million by a federal jury in Fresno.
      The verdict, reached Nov. 26, is the largest ever in any type of case to come out of the Eastern District of California, according to the man's attorney, Richard C. Watters, who contacted court officials to confir...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up