A Burlington County jury’s $6.9 million award to a worker electrocuted on a warehouse roof was the largest workplace injury recovery of 2013. The case was tried by plaintiff lawyer Alfred Falcione, of Flynn & Associates in Cherry Hill.
According to the suit, the incident occurred at a Mount Laurel warehouse on June 26, 2007. Plaintiff Charles Shea backed into a live wire leading to a spot on the roof where a condensing unit had been removed. The shock threw him about 20 feet, causing disc injuries. Now 41, Shea has undergone a disc fusion and insertion of a stimulator but still has pain and is unlikely to be able to return to work, Falcione said.
