ConAgra liable for $108.9 million after fatal explosion; likely the largest civil award in Nebraska
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Russell Hubbard
ConAgra Foods, the Fortune 500 company that is moving its headquarters to Chicago, has been found liable for $108.9 million in a civil lawsuit that is perhaps the largest of its kind in Nebraska history.
The case is related to damages stemming from a fatal explosion at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina in 2009.
The Omaha-based company was found to be "negligent" in the explosion and injuries Friday by a civil lawsuit jury in Douglas County District Court.
Nebraska district courts dont keep formal records of the jury verdicts leading to monetary damages. Recent large ones have included the approximately $43.5 million verdict last year in Douglas County Court in a dispute between rival software firms. The Fraser Stryker law firm of Omaha said at the time it believed it to be the largest in state history.
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A Slim Jim meat products plant in Garner, North Carolina, is seen after an explosion on June 9, 2009.
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ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Dozens injured.
packman
(16,296 posts)I knew those things were explosive, but...
valerief
(53,235 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)I can't imagine their lawyers would just sit idly by and let this type of judgment go unchallenged.