Man Who Fell at Work Gets $2.3M
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A jury awarded $2.3 million to a man who fell from a faulty work platform and broke a kneecap and wrist almost nine years ago, his lawyer said.
The Manhattan state Supreme Court jury found yesterday that Genie Industries, builder of aerial work platforms, was liable and should pay for injuries suffered by Walter Adams, formerly of Staten Island and now of Croydon, Pa., his lawyer said.
Mr. Adams was injured July 29, 1997, in the Manhattan warehouse of his employer, Rathe Productions In corporated, while working on a waterfall wall that was to be put in the lobby of the Pfizer building on East 42nd Street, his lawyer, Richard Gurfein, said.
The lawyer said the raised metal platform on which Mr. Adams was standing tipped and Mr. Adams fell 12 feet to a concrete floor. Mr. Adams was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for a crushed right kneecap and a fractured right wrist, Mr. Gurfein said.
