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Litigation

Dec. 29, 2010

Former Elevator Mechanic Wins Big

Jury awards injured man $11.7 million in what's believed to be one of the biggest personal-injury verdicts in Marin County history.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Marin County jury has returned an $11.7 million verdict in favor of a construction worker who was hurt because of substandard working conditions. It is believed to be one of the biggest personal injury verdicts in county history.


David Travis was working as an elevator mechanic at a construction site at an Extended Stay Hotel in San Rafael in early 2007 when he repeatedly hit his head on scaffoldin...

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