Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    12/5/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    $2 Million Verdict for Foreman Injured by Pipe Plug

    The Legal Intelligencer (12/4, Needles) reported, "A federal jury entered the $2 million verdict against Vanderlans and Sons Inc., the manufacturer of the test plugs -- inflatable rubber stoppers that are placed in both ends of a pipe and inflated in order to test the pipe's airtightness -- before Judge J. Curtis Joyner in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 25" in favor of a "construction foreman who completely lost use of his right arm after pressure buildup caused a 'test plug' to shoot from the end of a pipe he was installing and pierce his hand." The defendant's attorney "said he felt the case should never have made it to a jury once it was determined that his client's product was not unreasonably dangerous as a matter of law" and that "he will most likely file post-trial motions."




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