Search: www.oginski-law.com Web

ExxonMobil to pay $1M jury award to woman who chopped off fingers


Posted on Jun 28, 2008

ExxonMobil to pay $1M jury award to woman who chopped off fingers

6/26/2008 1:00 PM
By David Yates

Minutes before they began deliberating, plaintiff's attorney Brett Thomas told jurors that if they didn't award his client $3.7 million for inadvertently sticking her hand in a rotary feeder, ExxonMobil would throw a party.

Seemingly, jurors thought the oil company executives could party but on a smaller budget, awarding the plaintiff Vickie Hall $1 million for her self-mutilating injury. 

The week long trial of Hall vs. ExxonMobil began June 17 in Judge Gary Sanderson's 60th District Court, and concluded Wednesday, June 25. 

When a conveyor began spilling polyethyline pellets onto the floor, workers at ExxonMobil came up with modifications to the machine that solved the problem. But within hours, a contract worker had parts of her fingers sliced off while using the altered equipment. 

Jurors were asked to decide whether ExxonMobil negligently failed to place a guard over the rotary blade, or if Hall, who knew a spinning blade hovered only inches away from her hand, was solely responsible for her injury. 

To read the rest of the article go to:
http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/213526-exxonmobil-to-pay-1m-jury-award-to-woman-who-chopped-off-fingers

Read More About ExxonMobil to pay $1M jury award to woman who chopped off fingers...

back to top


Share |

The material on this website is for informational purposes only. Mr. Oginski practices law exclusively in the State of New York. We do not practice law in any other State. Please do not send any written materials to this office until you have spoken and/or communicated with us. We cannot consider you a client until such time as we have consulted with you, and met with you personally. Since all cases are different and legal authority can and does change, it is important to remember that prior results cannot and do not guarantee similar outcomes with respect to any future matter in which any lawyer or law firm may be retained. To the extent that this website discusses past cases the firm has handled, or in any way mentions the firm or its services, New York courts may deem this to be attorney advertising.

Some downloadable documents can only be viewed with Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. Click here to download the latest software.

©2010 The Law Office Of Gerald Oginski, LLC, All Rights Reserved, Reproduced with Permission
Attorney website design by Foster Web Marketing, the best attorney website design solution on the Web offering search engine optimization for attorneys, lawyer website design, video for attorneys, and more.
Get SEO Tips from The Attorney Internet Marketing Blog

Served By: A