FORT WORTH — In 2010, maintenance man Steven Landers was working on the roof of a Williamson-Dickie building on Blue Mound Road when he fell headfirst through an acrylic plastic skylight.
He landed 35 feet below on a concrete floor.
His broken right leg was eventually amputated; his back, some ribs and his left arm were broken; and a lung was punctured.
Landers' lawsuit against the skylight manufacturer, Wasco Products of Wells, Maine, went to trial March 23 in 48th state District Court. His attorneys asked the Tarrant County jury for a $15 million judgment.
On Thursday, jurors awarded Landers $33.8 million.
"I think it was a fair decision," Landers said Friday. "The jury worked hard to reach their decision."
Attorney Mark Haney said: "It is my hope that the jury spoke loud enough that Wasco heard them up in Maine: Stop making cheap, brittle skylights that kill and maim people."
