A Louisiana oilfield-construction company has been ordered to pay $10 million in damages to the family of a Texas worker who was crushed to death in a crane accident.
The victim was Adrian Flores, a 50-year-old crane operating who was working for Gulf Marine Fabricators near Ingleside, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Houma, Louisiana-based Gulf Island Fabrication. Gulf Island Fabrication builds vessels and structures that are used in the marine, oil and gas industries.
Texas district court judge Joel Johnson awarded Flores’ wife and six children slightly more than $10 million dollars for Flores’ wrongful death as well as the family’s pain and suffering. In doing so, he reduced the $11.1 million verdict awarded by a San Patricio jury in January.
The workplace accident occurred in April of 2008 when Flores, along with three other crane operators, was attempting to lift a 1,200-ton piece of offshore platform with a crane.
At some point, a boom on Flores’ crane became loose, which threw the load off balance and onto the crane’s cab.
According to trial testimony, Flores, who had worked at the same job site for 10 years, was considered to be one of the best crane operators there.
An attorney for Gulf Island Fabrication says the company plans to appeal the judgment.
For more on this Texas workplace accident, see the full article in the Daily Comet.
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