Three victims of a fire in an industrial plant four years ago are unhappy with the damages awarded to them by an Oconee County, South Carolina jury earlier this month.
Keith Black, Scott Lawing and Curtis Martin were severely burnt as a result of an accident at a Univar USA, industrial plant when sparks from a torch being used by a worker fell on a stack of sodium bromate.
The jury awarded $6.1 million in damages, jointly to the three plaintiffs. This amount includes $100,000 each to spouses Tammy Lawing and Tina Martin for loss of consortium.
Univar USA is a subsidiary of Univar N.V., a leading distributor of industry chemicals which generates more than $6 billion annually.
Attorneys for Univar USA also filed a motion last week to reduce Black's $2.6 million award and Matin's $1.4 million award. They claim that the award amount must be reduced by the amount settled out of court by the two men with two other co-defendants in the case.
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