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Worker Injured in Ladder Incident on Dredge Gets $1,222,491

A jury in a Harris County district court has awarded $1,222,491 to a leverman who sustained back injuries while working aboard a dredge on the Mississippi River. On Nov. 1, 2005, Roger Hamilton slipped and fell on the bottom step of a ladder on the outside of the vessel owned by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. Hamilton claimed he sustained herniated disks.

September 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM

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Worker injured in ladder incident on dredge gets $1,222,491

On Aug. 21, a jury awarded $1,222,491 to a leverman who sustained back injuries while working aboard a dredge on the Mississippi River.

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