Jury awards $6M to worker in Secaucus construction mishap (jury was outraged at the conditions)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/03/jury_awards_worker_in_kearny_c.html

by The Jersey Journal
Monday March 30, 2009, 5:50 PM


Reena Rose Sibyan/The Jersey JournalThe external fixation device that was surgically attached to Silvano Santos's shattered wrist after a fall at a construction site in Secaucus in 2005.

You've heard of the Six Million Dollar Man? Well, this is the case of the Six Million Dollar Wrist.

Last week, Newark resident Silvano Santos, 41, was awarded $6 million by a Hudson County jury as compensation for his right wrist being shattered four years ago in a construction accident in Secaucus.


Reena Rose Sibayan/ The Jersey JournalSilvano Santos with his lawyer, Kathleen Reilly of Brady, Brady & Reilly in Kearny, Santos was awarded $6M after shattering his wrist in a fall at a construction site in Secaucus in 2005.

"The jury was outraged at the conditions on this job site," Kathleen M. Reilly, Santos' Kearny-based attorney, said about the award.

More about the $6 million wrist in today's Jersey Journal: http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-8/123839430535390.xml&coll=3

[MadMaddie]

1. Again here is a case of weakening worker safety and

aggressivly pursuing violations - We can thank the Repugs one more time.