A man who was injured falling from a ladder has reached a $4.25 million workers’ compensation settlement more than five years after the accident.

Lorenzo Cortez, now 44, was painting a house in Cumming when he fell and injured his spinal cord and face. According to the settlement agreement, the fall left him quadriplegic and spurred diabetes and psychological problems.

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