A man who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a 25-foot fall from a ladder bought at a Home Depot store recovered $406,800. William Sohngen was using the Louisville extension ladder unattended while painting on the side of a two-story home. The base slid and he crashed to the ground because the rubber feet on the ladder's legs were worn down, he claimed.
The jury found that Home Depot was to blame because it sold the ladder and failed to mention that it had been in rental service for four years, which is against company policy. Sohngen also sued Louisville Ladder for defective design, but the jury found it wasn't negligent. Home Depot was found 60 percent liable and Sohngen was found 40 percent liable, which reduced the jury's $678,000 award.
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