article_snippet.sent: An airport worker has been awarded $40 million in compensation for a freak runway accident which left An airport worker paralyzed from the waist down more than seven years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Brandon Afoa, 33, of Puyallup, Washington, was operating a tug to push aircraft at Seattlewhen the brakes and steering failed, causing An airport worker to crash into a luggage lift.
article_snippet.sent: The incident, which took place at 2am on December 26, 2007, left Afoa unable to use An airport worker legs or right arm.
article_snippet.sent: Closure: An airport worker has been awarded $40 million in compensation for a freak runway accident which left An airport worker paralyzed from the waist down more than seven years ago .
article_snippet.sent: Jurors went on to apportion 25per cent of the blame for a freak runway accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down more than seven years ago to the Port of SeattleSeattle.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement, the Port of Seattle Seattle expressed the Port of Seattle sympathies to Afoa and Afoa family for a freak runway accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down more than seven years ago.
highlights_snippet.sent: Afoa was operating a tug to push back aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when the brakes and steering failed, causing him to crash into a luggage lift .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The incident, which took place on December 26, 2007, left Afoa unable to use Afoa legs or right arm .
  