Traditionally, workplace injuries in Missouri have been channeled through the state\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system. But the state legislature amended the law several years ago to exempt injuries that develop over a period of time. Because of that reform, one such case culminated in a $28 million award this November.<\/p>\n
As a result of the amended law, an attorney for Philip Berger, 56, was able to file a personal injury lawsuit claiming that a subsidiary of Emerson caused his client to suffer from lung damage at the firm\u2019s Lebanon, Missouri compressor plant. <\/p>\n
During the trial, Berger\u2019s lawyer said that the company used his client as a \u201cblue-collar guinea pig\u201d and knowingly allowed him to work at its facility in the presence of harmful chemicals used to cool cutting tools. They neither warned him of the danger nor provided him with safety training. <\/p>\n
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