August 23 2011
$9 Million won on behalf of wrongful death settlement
On August 23, 2011, in Macon County, Patrick A. Salvi announced an $9 million wrongful settlement. Plaintiffs claimed that ProMark, Mining & Industrial Systems, and Custom Air Products & Services, Inc., designed, manufactured, and fabricated a defective air handling system designed to “scrub” sulphur dioxide from air that was delivered to a laboratory at Archer Daniels Midland. As a result of a fire in the air handler, carbon monoxide was delivered to the laboratory, causing the deaths of two Plaintiffs who were Archer Daniels Midland employees. Plaintiffs further alleged that Defendants were negligent in their maintenance of the air handling unit.
