Our firm represented the family of a worker who died after suffering over 80% total body surface burns in a co-employee action. The worker’s superiors forced him to clean out a large steel underground storage container using flammable cleaning agents in a confined space without taking proper precautions to prevent unintended but fatal electrical sparks. Despite difficult Alabama laws making “willful conduct” a requirement for maintaining successful claims against employers who subject their workers to dangerous work conditions, our efforts produced a near million dollar award for the deceased worker’s dependents.
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Related practice areas:
Industrial Injuries, Wrongful Death, Fire Deaths/Injuries
Davenport, Lavette & Cleckler is a plaintiffs’ personal injury firm in Birmingham, Alabama. Our lawyers concentrate on representing individuals hurt in accidents or damaged by the conduct of others. We have a history of obtaining significant financial recoveries for victims suffering catastrophic injuries due to big truck (18 wheeler) accidents, nursing home abuse, drunk or drugged driving wrecks, electrocutions, propane /natural gas fires, wrongful death, and eminent domain/real estate condemnations. new