John D. Webber, yemwe ali ndi magawo ku Graham Lundberg Peschel, adapeza ndalama zokwana $2 miliyoni zothandizira James A. Chamness wazaka 42, wokhala ku Snohomish County yemwe adavulala kwambiri pangozi ya mitengo mu 2010 ku Skagit County. Tinali onyada kuyimira Bambo Chamness ndikuwathandiza kuti achire. Tikufuna kufotokoza mwachidule nkhani yake.
ZOONA ZA NGOZI
Pa Okutobala 13, 2010, James Chamness ankagwira ntchito yodula mitengo ku Hornbeck Cutting, Inc., pamalo odula mitengo otchedwa “Deers Danger CH” ku Skagit County. WashingtonFrank Harkness Trucking & Logging, LLC, yemwe amagwira ntchito ngati kontrakitala wamkulu, adalemba ntchito Hornbeck kuti azidula matabwa pamalo a Deers Danger. Harkness adapeza pangano la Harvesting Services ndi kampaniyi. Washington Dipatimenti ya Zachilengedwe ikufuna kukolola, kuchotsa ndi kutumiza matabwa kuchokera pamalo a Deers Danger.
Bambo Chamness ndi wantchito mnzake anali kudula matabwa pafupifupi 12:45 pm, ndipo anali pafupi kumaliza ntchito tsiku lonselo. Wantchito mnzakeyo anadula mtengo womaliza womwe unagwa ndipo anagunda Bambo Chamness, kuphwanya mbali yakumanja ya thupi lawo pansi ndikupangitsa kuvulala kwakukulu komanso kosatha. Bambo Chamness anagwidwa pansi pa mtengo wodulidwawo kwa maola ambiri asanatulutsidwe ndi ogwira ntchito zachipatala zadzidzidzi.
Sheriff wa Skagit County ndi ogwira ntchito zachipatala zadzidzidzi anayenera kuchita ntchito yovuta yonyamula Bambo Chamness mamita 300 kupita kudera lokwera kwambiri komwe akanatha kukwera mgalimoto. Kenako ananyamulidwa kupita kudera komwe helikopita ingatera ndikumutengera ku HarborviewMedicalCenter ku Seattle.
Chidule cha Kuvulala Kochuluka Kofooketsa
James Chamness ndi munthu wodabwitsa ndipo moyo wake sudzakhala womwewo pambuyo pa zochitika zoopsa zomwe zinachitika pa Okutobala 13, 2010. Anamaliza maphunziro ake ku ArlingtonHigh School mu 1988, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anayamba kugwira ntchito mumakampani opanga mitengo, ntchito yomwe adakhala nayo mpaka nthawi ya ngoziyi pa Okutobala 13, 2010. Bambo Chamness anavulala kwambiri komanso kosatha kuphatikizapo:
- Kusweka kwa humerus yakumanja
- Kuphulika kwa chiuno
- Chilonda chotseguka cha matako
- Chilonda chotseguka cha chiuno chakumanja ndi ntchafu
- Kudula mwendo wakumanja pansi pa bondo ndi maopaleshoni 8 ndikuyikapo prosthesis
- Matenda osinthika ndi nkhawa
- Kuvulala kwa plexus ya brachial yakumanja,
- Kuvulala kwa mkono wakumanja komwe kumayendetsedwa ndi maopaleshoni angapo pofuna kupulumutsa mkono. Wataya ntchito yonse ya mkono wakumanja, ndipo angafunike kudula mwendo.
Nkhani Zokhudza Ngongole ndi Inshuwalansi
Chofunika kwambiri pa kupambana kwa GLP pankhaniyi chinali kuthekera kwathu kufufuza ndikugwiritsa ntchito malamulo ovuta okhudza udindo pa ngozi za kuntchito komanso malamulo okhudza kugwiritsa ntchito magawo angapo a inshuwaransi ya udindo pa kutayika kwakukulu, monga momwe tidaperekedwera ndi mlandu wa a Chamness.
Mu Washington Mlandu wa Khoti Lalikulu la Stute v. PMBC, 114 Wn.2d 454, 788 P.2d 545 (1990), kontrakitala wamkulu (pankhaniyi Frank Harkness Trucking & Logging) anali ndi udindo wosagawika wachitetezo pamalo ogwirira ntchito ndipo ali ndi udindo waukulu wokhudza chitetezo ndi thanzi la malo ogwirira ntchito. Harkness anali kuchita zinthu mofanana ndi kontrakitala wamkulu pamalo ogwirira ntchito a Deers Danger pansi pa Stte kusanthula ("Stte lamulo”).
GLP inatha kutsimikizira kuti lamulo la Stute likugwira ntchito pankhaniyi mwa kusonyeza kuti Washington Makhothi awonjezera lamuloli kupitirira makontrakitala wamba kupita ku magulu ena omwe ali ofanana mokwanira kuti avomereze kuyika mlandu mwalamulo.
Tinamva kuti Harkness inali ndi inshuwaransi ya ngongole yochepa ya $1 miliyoni yokha. Panali inshuwaransi ya ngongole yachiwiri yomwe idapezeka kudzera mu Hornbeck Cutting. Tinatha kupeza ndalama zina zowonjezera za $1 miliyoni pansi pa lamulo la mgwirizano wa inshuwaransi ndi pangano la inshuwaransi lomwe linasainidwa pakati pa Harkness ndi Hornbeck. Ndalama zonse za $2 miliyoni zinali malire onse a inshuwaransi omwe alipo.
