Worker awarded accident claim compensation
A Knox County jury earlier this week awarded a steel worker $3.8 million in damages for a construction
accident claim. The injuries robbed him of his livelihood, and, according to his attorney, his will to live.
Jurors in Knox County Circuit Court sided with attorneys Dan C. Stanley and Travis E. Venable in their bid to recover damages for Frank Potter, 40, of Knoxville in connection with a February 2005 accident on the construction site of the Four Points by Sheraton Cumberland House Hotel on White Avenue. The Cumberland House Hotel is a seven-story boutique hotel whose owners include former University of Tennessee football quarterback Peyton Manning.
The jury returned a total judgment in the case of $4.75 million but cut the verdict against Blount Contractors Inc. by 20 percent for what the panel deemed Potter's negligence in not wearing a safety harness. The attorney for Blount Contractors could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon.
Updated on 24/05/2008