{"id":1500,"date":"2013-06-14T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2016-08-31T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:28:29","slug":"5-million-settlement-for-severely-injured-truck-driver-after-concrete-barrier-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-million-settlement-for-severely-injured-truck-driver-after-concrete-barrier-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"$5 Million Settlement for Severely Injured Truck Driver after Concrete Barrier Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A flatbed tractor-trailer driver was assigned to load and deliver 7,000-pound concrete barriers.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The barriers were being loaded into rows onto the driver\u2019s trailer.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The truck driver was standing next to his trailer strapping down the first row of barriers when a crane operator was loading the second row.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As the crane operator was moving a barrier, it struck another one in the truck causing it to fall onto the driver.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He suffered a traumatic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oandp.com\/resources\/patientinfo\/manuals\/bkindex.htm\">below-the-knee amputation<\/a> of his left leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The driver, age 44, underwent several surgeries resulting in an above-the-knee amputation of the leg. He has been working with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosthesis\">prosthesis<\/a>, but continues to undergo revisions and adjustments. His past medical expenses totaled $283,700.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He has not been able to return to work.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The trucker faces very limited prospects for long-term employment because of his limited formal education.<span>\u00a0<\/span>He is undergoing retraining for a different line of work compatible with his training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-million-settlement-for-severely-injured-truck-driver-after-concrete-barrier-falls\/#more-1500\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flatbed tractor-trailer driver was assigned to load and deliver 7,000-pound concrete barriers.\u00a0The barriers were being loaded into rows onto the driver\u2019s trailer.\u00a0The truck driver was standing next to his trailer strapping down the first row of barriers when a crane operator was loading the second row.\u00a0 As the crane operator was moving a barrier, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truck-accidents","category-work-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$5 Million Settlement for Severely Injured Truck Driver after Concrete Barrier Falls &#8212; 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