Widow of Welder Awarded $18.5 Million
"The widow of a Waxahachie man killed in an explosion at a Texas Industries Inc. plant in Midlothian was awarded $18.9 million by a Dallas jury Friday.
The verdict was the culmination of a monthlong trial in which the Dallas-based company was accused of negligence and recklessness in the death of 34-year-old Gordon Rutherford, who was working for Circle 4M Welding, a TXI contractor.
Mr. Rutherford was killed in January 2003, when a fire broke out involving a pollution-control device called a scrubber that contained "extremely hazardous and flammable materials," according to the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Mr. Rutherford's widow, Amy."
Read the full artilce in The Dallas Morning News.
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