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November 24, 2009

$2.5M jury award for man hurt in fall

WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County jury last week awarded nearly $2.5 million in damages to a Shavertown man who became disabled as the result of a fall at a Wilkes-Barre Township warehouse in 2002.

The jury awarded Robert Smith $1,687,000 for past and future medical expenses and past and future lost earnings, plus another $803,000 for pain and suffering. The verdict was rendered at about 8 p.m. Friday after four days of trial before Court of Common Pleas Judge Joseph Musto.

The defendants in the case were Corgan Realty Co. Inc., 369 Johnson St.; Michael Corgan, individually and as president of the company; and Corgan Contracting Co. Inc., 254 Johnson St., Wilkes-Barre Township. They were represented by attorney Joseph Murphy, of Murphy, Piazza & Genello in Scranton.

For the complete story, see Wednesday's Times Leader.

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