17-11-2016 14:33 via wbrz.com

Jury awards 4 workers $16 million for 2013 plant explosion

NEW ORLEANS - Four workers injured in a deadly 2013 petrochemical plant explosion in south Louisiana have been awarded a total of $16 million by a jury.This week's verdict follows a separate late September trial in which four other workers were awarded $13.6 million for injuries suffered at the Williams Olefins Geismar plant. Two people died in the June 2013 blast.In Tuesday's verdict, the jury assigned just over 83 percent of the fault for the explosion to Williams Company, Inc., an Oklahoma-ba
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