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22 ¦ SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

$225,000 Settlement Clinched
For Road Worker’s Crushed Leg

By Robert Storace

Laborer Stephen Fitzsimmons was injured after he fell from this truck while picking up cones from the road. The

truck then ran over his left leg, crushing it. Fitzsimmons signed off on a $225,000 workers’ compensation claim

E Wednesday. Courtesy photo
mployment attorney Daniel Seiden used his cli- It made a powerful impression on Seiden, partner
ent’s word to help paint a picture of the fallout and owner of Monarch Law in Milford.
of a catastrophic injury, and to secure a lump- “Here you have a laborer, and his body is the most
sum $225,000 workers’ compensation payment. valuable body part. His future now for employment
Among the most compelling tools: a description is very limited,” Seiden said Wednesday. “He walks
by client Stephen Fitzsimmons, who spelled out how with a cane, and is unlikely to ever do that kind of
a leg crushed in a trucking accident had damaged work again.”
the laborer’s ability to earn a living. So Seiden said he made it a point throughout
“They hire us from the neck down,” Fitzsimmons negotiations with the attorney for Safety Mark-
had told his attorney. ing Inc.—Fitzsimmons’ employer at the time—to

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