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Employer Fails to Provide Safety

Tom Doehrman earned a settlement with an expected payout in excess of $1,900,000 for an injured ironworker. The claim was against a general contractor for failure to enforce standard safety obligations at a construction site to insure that persons working on the site had adequate fall protection. The injured person was laying metal roof decking when he fell approximately 27 feet, landing on his head, upper body and outstretched arms. The plaintiff sustained many serious injuries, including compressed skull fractures and a traumatic brain injury. He was comatose for more than two (2) weeks and remained hospitalized for four (4) months. His injuries included a frontal lobe brain injury which left the plaintiff with substantial cognitive and emotional deficits. Despite the significant problems, the plaintiff retained most of his premorbid intellect and, to casual observers, appeared to have made an excellent recovery.

However, reports from friends, treating physicians (including a psychiatrist and neurophysiologist), and family members, all underscored the dramatic changes in the plaintiff's life because of the traumatic brain injury. Plaintiff continues to suffer from confusion, lack of initiative, memory lapses, and chronic depression.*

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