Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict

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Awarded: $3,750,000

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Awarded: $3.5 million

Back Injury to N&W Carman Leads to $700,000 Verdict

Awarded: $700,000

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A Norfolk, Virginia, jury awarded a Norfolk & Western carman $700,000 for a back injury he sustained when he tried to move a heavy and awkward door pan out from beneath a coal hopper car at N & W's Norfolk car shop. The injury kept the carman out of work for several weeks, but he eventually returned to full duty without surgery. The evidence showed that the railroad had considered using tools to help the men move the heavy doors because of the danger of injury lifting and moving the door pans by hand, but never made the tools available for use. The most the railroad offered before trial was $15,000.