$10.64 Million Settlement in Jury Award for a Quarry Worker Who’s Leg Was Crushed by a 20,000-Pound Rotor

Jeffrey Goodman and Samuel Dordick secured a $10.64 million jury award on behalf of their client who suffered catastrophic injuries when his leg was crushed by the 20,000-pound rotor of a large stone crushing machine.

The incident occurred while the quarry worker and his co-workers were attempting to remove the rotor from a machine to make repairs. Despite its weight and the difficulty associated with attaching the rotor to a crane, the designer and manufacturer of the rotor, Terex, failed to design any designated lifting points into the rotor.