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Article: MAN WINS $22.65 MILLION JUDGMENT : JURY FINDS CONTRACTOR NEGLIGENT IN 1994 COLISEUM FALL.(NEWS)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 10, 1996
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Byline: David Bloom Daily News Staff Writer
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $22.65 million in damages to a Granada Hills worker left paralyzed by a 1994 fall during quake repairs to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The jury ruled Thursday that Coliseum general contractor Tutor-Saliba Co. of Sylmar was negligent in allowing Michael Francois and other workers on unsecured scaffolding without key safety features such as harnesses or belts that would keep them from falling, Francois' attorney said.
Francois, 40, lost his balance when a loose board on a scaffolding platform gave way after he stepped on its end, according to court documents. The ...