Aultman vs (Hi-Ranger) Terex-Telelect, Inc.

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OUTCOME: $114 million jury verdict

Case involved the double amputation of a journeyman lineman employed by Black Warrior Electric Cooperative. Aultman was engaged in distribution line maintenance work out of a Hi-Ranter insulated bucke ... t truck when a 7,200 volt power line came in contact with the exposed metallic componentry on the underside of the upper boom. Proved to a jury that the failure was foreseeable.