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Mar. 10, 2007

Film of Injured Worker Eased $29 Million Deal

It was a beautiful spring day on the Mendocino coast when every electrical lineman's nightmare struck Sifa Tuiaki.

By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      It was a beautiful spring day on the Mendocino coast when every electrical lineman's nightmare struck Sifa Tuiaki.
      As he stood perched in an elevated work basket stringing fiber optic cables above Highway 1, Tuiaki didn't see the power lines hidden among the redwood trees. The back of his neck brushed the line, sending 7,200 volts of electricity...

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