Casey Gerry Announces Court Rules in Favor of Worker Injured by Defective Product on Olivenhain Dam Project; San Diego County Man Awarded nearly $1.6 Million.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- The law firm of Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt and Penfield today announced that after a one month court trial, a San Diego Superior Court judge has ordered that Ingersoll Rand Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) is a diversified industrial firm founded in 1871. The Ingersoll Rand name came into use in 1905 through the combination of Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company and Rand Drill Company. pay nearly $1.6 million to Donald Butler, a San Diego County resident who was injured while performing routine maintenance work on a piece of equipment manufactured by the defendant. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. trial counsel Robert J. Francavilla, a partner with San Diego-based Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt and Penfield, the Honorable Judith Hayes ruled in favor of his client, a 45-year-old heavy equipment mechanic, in the case against Ingersoll Rand, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of construction and mining machinery. According to Francavilla, who tried the case along with firm associate Thomas D Thomas D. (born Thomas Dürr, December 30 1968 in Ditzingen close to Stuttgart, Germany) is a rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. He frequently works on solo projects. Life After finishing Realschule he took on an apprenticeship as a barber. . Luneau, Butler was injured in August, 2002 while welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. on the deck of a blast hole a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. See also: Blast drill -- a large machine similar in size to a tall crane -- on the Olivenhain Dam project in Escondido. "He fell from the 3 1/2 foot high drill deck which had no guard rail," Francavilla explained. "Amazingly, this huge sophisticated machine offered absolutely no fall protection, which we felt was clearly the fault of the manufacturer. After a month of careful deliberation, the judge found that the product was defective." As the result of his fall, Butler, formerly employed as a heavy equipment mechanic, is unable to work in that capacity. He suffered a knee injury, which required major surgery and also aggravated ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. a pre-existing neck condition, requiring two additional surgeries. "In light of the judge's decision, it is Mr. Butler's hope the defendant will take steps to correct the safety problem on its other machines so nobody else will be seriously injured," said Francavilla. Established in 1947, Casey Gerry is the oldest plaintiffs' law firm in San Diego. The firm is located at 110 Laurel Street in the Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego. For more information, call 619-238-1811 or visit the website at www.cglaw.com. |
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