JURY: $18.9 MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH VERDICT AGAINST TXI.

Cement Americas,  March, 2007  

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The widow of a man killed in an explosion at the TXI facility in Midlothian, Texas, was awarded $18.9 million by a Dallas jury last week, ending the month-long trial. The jury deliberated for nearly two days before returning the verdict against Dallas-based TXI.

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Gordon Rutherford, 34, of Waxahachie, Texas, was killed in January 2003 while employed by Circle 4M Welding, a TXI contractor. According to the lawsuit filed by Rutherford's wife, TXI directed Gordon and a crew of three other welders to work in a location near an environmental scrubber that contained "extremely ...

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