Local 1 Ironworker awarded $1M verdict for strained elbow in hoisting incident
A Cook County jury in a Chicago Personal injury lawsuit awarded an ironworker over $1,000,000 Tuesday after 3 hours of deliberation.
The plaintiff a 58 year old tradesman was injured in 2003 when a rebar mat he was guiding into a foundation excavetion was jerked by
the operator of a backhoe from which it was suspended. The jerking of the load pulled the victim's arm causing recurrent inflamation of the
internal structures of his elbow making it painful for him to perform ironwork involving the tying of reinforcing steel bars together with wire
for the reinforcement of poured concrete structures. As a result he has been limited in the types of jobs he can accept, limiting his income by about 20%.
The plaintiff was represented by lead trial counsel Charles Wallace and Mitchell Friedman of the Chicago personal injury law firm of Morici, Figlioli & Associates.
It represents one of several recent seven figure recoveries for the firm's clients obtained by Friedman and Wallace.