{"id":1356852,"date":"2024-09-20T14:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T19:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1356852"},"modified":"2024-09-23T03:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:36:03","slug":"rusk-sawmill-worker-awarded-4-5m-after-losing-hand-in-mill-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1356852","title":{"rendered":"Rusk sawmill worker awarded $4.5M after losing hand in mill accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1279378\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-175x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-175x117.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jerry Thomas, from Rusk, was awarded $4.5 million in a lawsuit after an accident that cost him his hand, according to our news partner KETK. In a release from the office of Daniel Gibbins, the lead attorney for Thomas, the lawsuit against Antonio Munoz Asseradero LLC over safety concerns at the sawmill found that unsafe working conditions were the cause of an accident that resulted in the loss of Thomas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This verdict reflects the seriousness of Jerry Thomas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s injury and the negligence that caused it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Gibbins said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Justice has been served for Mr. Thomas, and we are proud to have helped him secure the compensation he needs to rebuild his life after this tragic incident.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jerry Thomas, from Rusk, was awarded $4.5 million in a lawsuit after an accident that cost him his hand, according to our news partner KETK. In a release from the office of Daniel Gibbins, the lead attorney for Thomas, the lawsuit against Antonio Munoz Asseradero LLC over safety concerns at the sawmill found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1356852\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rusk sawmill worker awarded $4.5M after losing hand in mill accident<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1356857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-175x117.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 19:26:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/stethoscope-AP-175x117.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1356852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356992,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356852\/revisions\/1356992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1356857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1356852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1356852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1356852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}