EAST ST. LOUIS - On Jan. 18, jurors in U.S. district court awarded $13,045,776 to former forklift operator Adelaida Anderson of Effingham, who lost a leg after her forklift crushed it.
CHICAGO – U. S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges reversed a jury verdict in a forklift accident trial on Feb. 1, finding District Judge Stephen McGlynn improperly excluded an expert’s opinion that forklifts need doors.
Anderson worked as a standup forklift operator at a FedEx warehouse in Effingham, Illinois. While pulling a load in July 2017, she hit a bump and fell out of the forklift onto the floor.
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