Case Result

$20

Personal Injury

2013
Trial Verdict
Philadelphia, PA

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Case Details

A Philadelphia Common Pleas jury awarded $20 million to Ruick Rolland, a Chester County contractor, whose left leg was amputated above the knee after a 10-year-old boy negligently operated a five-ton track loader at a work site in 2009.

Additional Notes

Attorneys Paul A. Lauricella and Slade McLaughlin represented the Rollands. The award included $18 million for Ruick, $2 million for his wife Holly (loss of consortium), and $16,000 in punitive damages against the boy's father. The property owner and rental company were also found at fault.

Philadelphia, PA
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