2011 Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalists Brian Panish, Spencer Lucas and Juan Dominguez
2011 Consumer Attorney of the Year finalists Brian Panish, Spencer Lucas and Juan Dominguez – Brian Panish, Spencer Lucas and Juan Dominguez Curiel v. SSA Marine DVC CLEANING UP A WORKPLACE MADE DANGEROUS BY DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE Felipe Curiel suffered serious spinal injuries when a 25000-pound shipping container, knocked off a stack by a port employee operating a crane, fell more than 40 feet and landed on the truck in which he was sitting. The crane operator tested positive for marijuana. The attorneys filed suit against the crane operator’s employer, SSA Terminal, the largest port operator in the world, with a history of turning a blind eye to a culture of alcohol and drugs on the docks and failing to perform drug tests. The attorneys found hundreds of people at the docks have been seriously injured in recent years as a result of drug- and alcohol-related incidents. During discovery, their firm received death threats and promises of witness retaliation for exposing the port and shipping industry’s longstanding problems with substance abuse. In winning a verdict for their client that is believed to be the largest ever in Long Beach, the attorneys have forced SSA to make safety a priority and launch a program of screening dock workers for drug and alcohol use. This video was produced by Juris Productions.
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Filed under: Drug Abuse Long Beach
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Filed under: Drug Abuse Long Beach
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