JuristMail - Legal News » work related accident http://juristmail.com Following Justice Everyday Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Family Awarded $6.74 million for Fatal ADM Accident http://juristmail.com/family-awarded-6-74-million-for-fatal-adm-accident/2009/09/ http://juristmail.com/family-awarded-6-74-million-for-fatal-adm-accident/2009/09/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:52:25 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=349 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A Decatur Illinois jury decided that agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland Co. would pay wrongful death restitution to the family of a 26-year-old man who was killed at one of their plants.  They awarded the grieving family $6.74 million dollars for the March 2007 death of Francisco Moreno Garcia this past Friday at the Macon County Court in Decatur.

The tragic work related accident occurred March 23rd 2007 as Garcia attempted to install insulating pipes at one of the Decatur based ADM facilities.  A nearby machine malfunctioned and sprayed the man with hot fluid and steam.  Fellow co-workers tried to help him by getting him into the safety shower but the man’s skin was peeling off in strips.

Garcia died at the hospital and was said to have burns over 90 percent of his body.

An ADM spokesperson expressed a desire to consider an appeal  to the award, but offered their sympathy to Garcia’s family.

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