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Apr. 19, 2023

Los Angeles jury renders defense verdict in wrongful death case after man is electrocuted

The case was considered an important referendum on the Southern California industrial rental equipment industry

Following a four-week trial, a Los Angeles County jury found that AT&T Inc. was not responsible for the wrongful death of a man who navigated an aerial lift into power lines in 2018.

The lift was on the premises of a tow yard in Watts so contractors hired by AT&T could service the cell tower. Harold Figueroa v. AT&T Corporation et al., BC701989, (L.A. Super. filed April. 12, 2018)

"AT&T has 3,000...

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