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An oil and gas worker in Weld County thrown 27 feet in a 2019 tank explosion won a $30 million federal jury judgment last week against a Wyoming field services
A man thrown 27 feet in a Weld County tank explosion won a $30 million judgment last week against a Wyoming field services company.
A jury recently awarded a Colorado oilfield worker $30 million for injuries he got on the job. But because of a state statute, he's only getting about half that.
A Colorado jury has awarded $30 million to Steven Straughen, an oilfield worker who was severely injured when a fracking tank exploded in Weld County four years ago.
Steven Straughen will be unable to collect the full amount of the federal court verdict because state law limits how much companies are required to pay in damages when they lose lawsuits.