HOUSTON - A Louisiana jury awarded more than $27 million to the family of Walter Jackson who was catastrophically injured in a 2018 workplace disaster on an oil and gas production platform operated by Talos ERT, LLC, a press release states.
At trial, lawyers for Jackson’s family argued that the Talos person in charge of the platform authorized unsafe work for the contractors. Talos insisted that Jackson and his coworkers use their own rope to move heavy pipe, which failed. During the work, a section of pipe fell, striking Jackson and causing fatal injuries, the press release states.
Attorney Kyle Findley of the law firm Arnold & Itkin represents Walker’s family. Findley said: “Talos was clearly at fault in planning and authorizing every aspect of the job, and they want to blame Walter’s coworkers for performing the job Talos wanted done. When companies cut corners with safety and workers get hurt, juries are willing to hold them accountable for the pain and loss families suffer.”
The press release states that Arnold & Itkin has a winning record of verdicts and settlements for offshore workers and mariners who are injured or killed in the scope of their work. The firm represented widows of mariners lost during the sinking of El Faro, and they represented more crew members of Deepwater Horizon than any other firm.