Virginia Federal Jury Awards Contractor $558,000 For Severe Electrical Shock

Mealey's (November 13, 2018, 11:22 AM EST) -- HARRISONBURG, Va. — A federal jury in Virginia awarded a contractor who received a severe electrical shock more than $473,000 plus more than $85,000 in prejudgment interest on Oct. 25, concluding that the company that hired him was negligent in failing to warn him that a stud welder was dangerously electrified (Harry Workman v. Axalta Coating Systems, No. 17-00108, W.D. Va.)....