Corporation Pays $1 Million To Employee for Crush Injuries
Case Summary:
Amount: $1,000,000Court: Stark County Court of Common Pleas
Date: October 2001
Plaintiff's Counsel: David M. Paris, Ellen M. McCarthy
Description: Employer Intentional Tort
Defendant manufacturing plant developed a written procedure which required its employees to walk into a pinch point, when moving heavy manufactured parts from point A to Point B. Most employees developed their own ad-hoc procedure allowing them to stay out of the pinch point with the elicit approval of management. Plaintiff, a relatively new employee, followed the written procedure and was crushed in the pinch point by moving pieces of equipment because his partner followed the ad hoc procedure. Plaintiff sustained a crushed pelvis and 3rd degree burns. He cannot perform any heavy work.
