John D. Webber, onye nwere òkè na Graham Lundberg Peschel, nwetara nkwekọrịta oke atụmatụ maka James A. Chamness dị afọ 42, onye bi na Snohomish County merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu na ihe mberede osisi na 2010 na Skagit County. Obi dị anyị ụtọ ịnọchite anya Maazị Chamness ma nyere ya aka n'ụzọ ọ ga-esi gbakee. Anyị chọrọ ịkọrọ gị akụkọ ya obere oge.

Eziokwu nke ihe mberede

N'abalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Ọktoba, afọ 2010, James Chamness na-arụ ọrụ dịka onye na-egbutu osisi na Hornbeck Cutting, Inc., n'ebe a na-egbutu osisi nke a na-akpọ "Deers Danger CH" na Skagit County. WashingtonFrank Harkness Trucking & Logging, LLC, onye na-arụ ọrụ dịka onye ọrụ nkwekọrịta izugbe, goro Hornbeck ọrụ ịkpụ osisi n'ebe Deers Danger dị. Harkness enwetala nkwekọrịta ọrụ owuwe ihe ubi na Washington Ngalaba Akụrụngwa Okike ga-ewe ihe ubi, wepụ ma bufee osisi site na saịtị Deers Danger.

Maazị Chamness na otu onye ọrụ ibe ya na-egbu osisi n'ihe dị ka elekere iri na abụọ na nkeji iri anọ na ise nke ehihie, ha na-achọkwa ịkwụsị ọrụ ha n'ụbọchị ahụ. Onye ọrụ ibe ya gbuturu otu osisi ikpeazụ nke dara ma tie Maazị Chamness ihe, wee kụpịa akụkụ aka nri nke ahụ ya n'ala ma mee ka ọ merụọ ahụ nke ukwuu ma na-adịgide adịgide. Maazị Chamness tọrọ n'okpuru osisi ahụ e gbuturu ruo ọtụtụ awa tupu ndị ọrụ ahụike mberede ewepụta ya.

Ndị uwe ojii nke Skagit County na ndị ọrụ ahụike mberede ga-arụ ọrụ siri ike nke ibu Maazị Chamness gaa yaadị 300 n'elu ugwu dị elu ruo ebe a ga-ebuga ya n'ụgbọala. E mesịa, e bugara ya ebe helikọpta nwere ike ịda ma buru ya gaa HarborviewMedicalCenter na Seattle.

Nchịkọta Nkịtị nke Ọtụtụ Mmerụ Ahụ Na-eme Ka Ahụ́ Dajụọ

James Chamness bụ nwoke pụrụ iche, ndụ ya agaghị adị otu mgbe ihe ndị mere n'abalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Ọktoba, afọ 2010 gasịrị. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Arlington na afọ 1988, wee malite ọrụ ozugbo na ụlọ ọrụ osisi, ọrụ o nwere ruo mgbe ihe mberede ahụ mere na ọnwa Ọktoba, afọ 2010. Maazị Chamness merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu, nke na-adịgide adịgide, gụnyere:

  • Ọkpụkpụ aka nri nke humerus
  • Mmebi pelvic
  • Ọnya mepere emepe nke ike isi
  • Ọnya mepere emepe nke úkwù aka nri na apata ụkwụ aka nri
  • Ịbepụ ụkwụ aka nri n'okpuru ikpere ya na ịwa ahụ ugboro asatọ na itinye ya n'ọrụ maka ihe e ji arụ ọrụ ahụ.
  • Nsogbu nhazi na nchekasị
  • Mmerụ ahụ aka nri nke brachial plexus,
  • Ọ merụrụ aka nri nke ukwuu site n'ịwa ahụ ugboro ugboro iji zọpụta aka ya. Ọ tụfuru ọrụ aka nri ya nke ọma ruo pasentị 100, ọ nwekwara ike ịchọ ka e bepụ ya aka ya.

Okwu Mkpuchi Ibu na Mkpuchi Inshọransị 

Isi ihe mere GLP ji nwee ihe ịga nke ọma n'okwu a bụ ikike anyị nwere inyocha ma tinye iwu dị mgbagwoju anya gbasara ibu ọrụ maka ihe mberede ebe ọrụ yana iwu gbasara itinye ọtụtụ mkpuchi ibu ọrụ maka nnukwu mfu, dịka e gosiri anyị ikpe Maazị Chamness.

n'okpuru Washington Ikpe Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Stute megide PMBC, 114 Wn.2d 454, 788 P.2d 545 (1990), onye ọrụ nkwekọrịta izugbe (n'okwu a, Frank Harkness Trucking & Logging) nwere ọrụ nchekwa n'ebe ọrụ nke a na-anaghị enye ọrụ ma nwee ibu ọrụ kachasị maka nchekwa ọrụ na ahụike n'ebe ọrụ. Harkness na-arụ ọrụ dịka ma ọ bụ yiri onye ọrụ nkwekọrịta izugbe na saịtị Deers Danger n'okpuru a nne nyocha (“)nne iwu").

GLP nwere ike igosi na iwu Stute metụtara n'okwu a site n'igosi nke ahụ Washington Ụlọikpe agbatịala iwu ahụ karịa ndị ọrụ nkwekọrịta izugbe nye ndị ọzọ yiri nke ahụ iji kwado ibu ọrụ iwu kwadoro.

Anyị nụrụ na Harkness nwere obere mkpuchi ibu ọrụ nke naanị $1 nde. E nwere mkpuchi ibu ọrụ nke abụọ dị site na Hornbeck Cutting. Anyị nwetara $1 nde ọzọ n'okpuru iwu nkwekọrịta mkpuchi na nkwekọrịta mkpuchi mkpuchi nke Harkness na Hornbeck bịanyere aka na ya. Ngụkọta nkwekọrịta nke $2 nde bụ oke iwu niile dị.