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Colorado Oilfield Worker Awarded $30 Million After Fracking Tank Explosion, But State Law Limits Payout

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GREELEY, Colorado — A Colorado jury has awarded $30 million to an oilfield worker who suffered severe injuries in a fracking tank explosion in Weld County four years ago. However, due to state law limitations on damage payouts, the worker will not be able to collect the full amount. This verdict comes as a group called Coloradans for Accountability, supported by the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, is pushing for a ballot initiative to eliminate the cap on non-economic damages in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. The injured worker, Steven Straughen, who is a married … Read more

Former Popeyes Worker Awarded $31 Million in Lawsuit Against Sun Holdings

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Dallas, Texas – A former employee of Sun Holdings, the operator of Popeyes restaurants, has been awarded nearly $31 million in damages by a jury. The employee, Jerry Stockton, claimed that he was owed a share of the restaurant’s profits. The jury initially awarded $15.6 million in compensatory damages, followed by an additional $15.1 million in punitive damages. Stockton, who had worked for Sun Holdings as the director of operations and vice president of operations for their Popeyes locations, retired in 2018. He filed a lawsuit a year later, alleging that he was entitled to … Read more

Former Popeyes Worker Awarded $31 Million in Lawsuit Against Sun Holdings

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DALLAS, Texas – A former employee of Sun Holdings, the operator of Popeyes restaurants, has been awarded nearly $31 million in damages by a jury in a lawsuit against the company. Jerry Stockton, the former worker, claimed that Sun Holdings owed him a portion of the restaurants’ profits. The initial compensatory damages awarded to Stockton amounted to $15.6 million, with an additional $15.1 million awarded in punitive damages. Stockton, who had served as the director of operations and later as the vice president of operations for Sun Holdings’ 150 Popeyes locations, filed the lawsuit one … Read more

Lawsuit Filed After Deadly Refinery Explosion Claims the Life of Young Worker in Lemont

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Lemont, Illinois – A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a 25-year-old worker who lost his life in an explosion and fire at Seneca Petroleum’s refinery last year. The incident also resulted in injuries to another worker. The lawsuit, filed by Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, names Seneca Petroleum, PDV Midwest Refining, and Citgo Petroleum Corporation as defendants. The victim, Dru Worker of Homewood, tragically died on April 25 in the incident at the refinery located in unincorporated Lemont. The lawsuit alleges that there was a blockage or plug in the piping … Read more