Dallas Jury Awards $71.95M In Wrongful Death Scissor Lift Trial, Beating $1.25M Settlement Offer

Recently, a Texas jury awarded $71,950,000 to the surviving spouse of an electrician who died when a scissor lift he was working on collapsed after colliding with a boom lift. The decedent’s spouse, Laura Lopez, alleged Walker Engineering allowed an unqualified employee to operate a boom lift, which he accidentally backed into the nearby scissor lift while it was extended 30 feet into the air. Walker Engineering denied these allegations. However, after three days of deliberations, the jury found Walker Engineering 65 percent liable for the accident, which under Texas law makes Walker Engineering responsible for the full $71,950,000 award.

The defense’s top off pre-trial was a lowball offer of $1,250,000.00. Thus, the final jury award was $70,700,000.00 more than the defense’s final pre-trial offer.

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