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HOUSTON – A jury recently found that a plaintiff who sued ExxonMobil for millions of dollars following a workplace injury was the one primarily at fault.
Seeking an award of exemplary damages, Jeremy Souders filed suit against Exxon on Aug. 2, 2018 in Harris County District Court.
According to his original petition, on May 1, 2018, Souders was working at Exxon’s Baytown refinery when he was crushed by a load during a crane operation.
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Souders claimed Exxon was grossly negligent, accusing the company of failing to supervise its workers.
Court records show Souders, an advanced rigger, was on a crew working on a turnaround at the refinery. The crew was employed by a contractor and was using a 120-ton crane to lift a 32,000-pound heat-exchanger bundle onto a flatbed trailer.