| Loading Docks Verdicts & Settlements | Click on case name to purchase report | |
| Verdict & Settlement Disposition | Description | Case Name |
| $5,600,000 | Concrete specialist fell off 4-foot-high platform that served as temporary loading dock at construction site, claimed he herniated three spinal discs and can't resume work. | Cassidy v. HighRise Hoisting & Scaffolding Inc. New York Co., N.Y.; Sup. Ct.; No. 103678/08 (2/1/12) |
| $3,297,464 | Exterminator hit and killed by reversing truck at loading dock. Estate claimed truck didn't have alarm that sounded when truck was reversing. Trucker contended he took proper precautions. |
Sanchez v. Northern Refrigerated Transportation Inc. Orange Co., Calif.; Super. Ct.; No. OCSC 30-2010-352035 (5/18/11) |
| $2,239,720 | Plaintiff claimed his foot was crushed by table that slipped off forklift on loading dock. Injury led to partial amputation. Defense contended plaintiff was hurt while lifting table off ground. | Fox v. Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles Co., Calif.; Super. Ct.; No. BC424862 (6/30/11) |
| $1,101,738 | Loading-dock worker was killed when heavy crate fell out of shipping container and landed on his head. Estate claimed crates were stacked too high in shipping container. | Lising v. Daegu Export Packaging Co. Middlesex Co., N.J.; Super. Ct.; No. MID-L-8920-05 (5/9/11) |
| $780,114 | Postal worker claimed he herniated spinal disc while trying to move stuck 1.5-ton container on loading dock. He contended post office ignored requests not to fully fill containers. | Delano v. United States of America W.D.N.Y.; No. 1:08-cv-00610-HBS (3/12/12) |
| $625,000 | Trucker drove out of loading dock dragging plaintiff, who was entangled in hose that had been snared by truck's bumper. Plaintiff claimed he sustained concussion and mild brain injury. | Thomas v. United Parcel Services Inc. Philadelphia Co., Pa.; Ct. C.P.; No. 03486 (11/3/11) |
| $377,500 | Plaintiff was hit by forklift while chasing runaway pallet at loading dock, sustained deep laceration of heel and tear of its talofibular ligament. Defense contended plaintiff failed to secure pallet. | Cenite v. Pyramid Floor Covering Inc. New York Co., N.Y.; Sup. Ct.; No. 112380/08 (11/10/11) |
| $174,069 | Deliveryman claimed he herniated disc when loading dock's leveling ramp popped up and hit him. He contended ramp's controlling cable was frayed. Defense claimed repair was in progress. | Schmidt v. City Center Annex E.D. Pa.; No. 2:10-cv-01963-TON (12/13/11) |
| Defense | Trucker was struck by tractor-trailer at loading dock. He claimed he was retrieving items that had fallen out of boxes, but defense contended he carelessly stood in way of moving rig. | McGuire v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. M.D. Pa.; No. 3:10-cv-00906-ARC (10/19/11) |
| Defense | Trucker fell at loading dock, blamed ice and snow. Defense's witnesses denied presence of ice or snow, and defense also claimed dock's heater would have melted ice and snow. | Delprete v. Kirsch Bottling Co. Inc. Suffolk Co., N.Y.; Sup. Ct.; No. 1217/08 (7/15/11) |
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