11-10-2006, 10:05 PM
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 Jury awards $15 million to man hit by rig
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A federal jury in Tucson, Ariz., has awarded $15 million to a tow-truck operator who lost his right leg after being hit by a tractor-trailer on Christmas Eve 2002, according to news reports.
Jurors on Nov. 8 ordered Little Bear Transport of Salt Lake City to pay Bruce Austin of Bowie, Ariz., $5 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court, according to news reports.
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