An appeals court in Texas has overturned a $43.5m payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site. The decision by the 5th US circuit Court of Appeals is likely to have an impact across the country. Leads attached to the crane toppled to one side, striking Mr. Lee, who was situated a distance away from the crane behind a barricade. The court said Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company couldn't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury.
An appeals court in Texas has overturned a $43.5m payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site. The decision by the 5th US circuit Court of Appeals is likely to have an impact across the country. The court said Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company couldn't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury.