Hurt Norfolk Southern worker gets $4.5 million - www.roanoke.com

The man tore a tendon when he tripped in 2008, and his lawyers say he is permanently disabled.

A railroad worker who suffered a crippling ankle injury when he tripped on a crosstie has been awarded $4.5 million, one of the largest personal injury verdicts in recent Roanoke history.
Following a weeklong trial in Roanoke Circuit Court, a jury on Friday ordered Norfolk Southern Corp. to pay the amount to Welsh Davis, a former conductor and brakeman for the railroad.

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