Jury Awards $3.4 Million To Man Injured Using Tool Gun Which Must Be Paid By Stanley Works and Home Depot

Amy Rothschild

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After 8 hours of deliberatations, a jury in Hartford Connecticut issued a jury verdict of $3.4 million to a construction worker who was seriously injured when a nail became embedded in his brain as he worked with a nail gun. The jury held that Stanley Works and Home Depot, which sold the nail gun, were partly for the worker's injury in 2003.

The court held that the worker was 55% at fault, because he fired the nail gun into metal rather than wood resulting in the nail bouncing off of the wood and back at him and into his brain. However, the jury still ordered Stanley Works and Home Depot to pay their portion of the verdict which was $3.4 million dollars.

The worker was injuried while performing carpentry work in the rafters of a church in Massachusetts. A 3-inch nail went through his cheek and into his brain, according to testimony during the court proceedings. The man, who was a carpenter for 20 years before the incident, was partially paralyzed by the injury and now has seizures and other medical problems which resulted in him not being able to drive or work again.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Worksite Injuries and Workers Compensation.