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Arnold & Itkin LLP wins $9,649,957 Jury Verdict in Harris County for Industrial Injury |
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Monday, July 06 2009 08:06 |
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Arnold & Itkin LLP attorneys Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin, and Michael Pierce obtained a $9,649,957 jury verdict in Harris County against Occidental Chemical Corporation on July 1, 2009.
The firm represented an operator at the Equistar Bay port facility who had glacial acetic acid sprayed in his eyes. The Plaintiff lost nearly all of his vision in one eye as a result. The jury found Occidental Chemical Corporation negligently designed the acid addition system to which the technician was adding acid. Occidental’s system lacked a pressure indicator and it failed to have proper means to vent pressure. The faulty design vented pressure near the technician’s face. The trial lasted longer than two weeks, but the jury only deliberated for a day and a half before returning the sizable verdict. The trial took place in Judge Tracy Christopher’s court, the 295th in Harris County. |
