UPS driver injured during loading incident involving Norfolk Southern awarded $300k - MSN
A federal jury awarded a UPS driver $300,000 on Thursday for injuries he sustained in a 2019 loading incident caused by a negligent Norfolk Southern Railway employee. The incident, he claimed, nearly crushed him and resulted in $88,000 in medical bills.The lawsuit alleged Raymond Riddick, of North Carolina, suffered nerve damage to his elbow and hand May 30, 2019, at Norfolk Southern’s Lambert’s Point location when a train wheel was dropped onto his UPS trailer by a Norfolk Southern employee operating a forklift.
During the incident, Riddick fell from the trailer, tearing tendons in his elbow, which required surgery, and injuring his hand. The rolling steel wheel, Riddick’s attorney said, was just feet away from crushing him.