A Maine woman has won a $1.9 million settlement six years after her husband was killed while operating a forklift at the Prime Tanning plant.
Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Brown was killed when he was knocked off the forklift and pinned between a shelf and the machine on Aug. 1, 2003, according to Foster’s Daily Democrat.
A federal jury originally awarded Claire Brown $4.2 million in 2006, saying the Ohio-based Crown Equipment Corp. did not provide adequate safety warnings about its product.
A state limit reduced the settlement and appeals by the company prolonged the proceedings.
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