Our client was injured while moving a large tank of oxygen across the unsafe deck of a barge.  The defendant refused to offer more than $125,000 in settlement.  A jury ultimately awarded more than $2 million in damages to our client and found the company responsible for 60 percent of those damages.  Unfortunately, against our strong opposition, the trial judge deemed the jury’s verdict too ‘excessive’ and he lowered the award.  Nonetheless, our client recovered significantly more than had been offered in settlement.