$4.3 Million
Niagara Mohawk Ordered To an Injured Worker $4.3 Million – The Buffalo News
Insurance carriers for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Tuesday were ordered by a State Supreme Court jury to pay $4.3 million to union boilermaker ———- for neck and back surgery he needed after a fall from an unsecured scaffolding at the Huntley Power Station four years ago.
Following a week long trial, a jury deliberated for three hours before reaching a verdict for ———-, 45, of Blasdell. His attorneys said ———- fell 12 feet onto a concrete floor from an improperly-secured scaffolding while helping to renovate a boiler inside the utility’s facility on River Road in Tonawanda.
———- was able to do light welding work until constant pain from his neck and lower back injuries forced him to undergo surgery that left him with restricted physical movements, they said. State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Howe ruled the utility legally liable in an unsafe workplace lawsuit.