Worker Who Lost His Leg in Fracking Explosion Loses $14 Million from Jury Award, Because of Colorado Cap Laws

A man who was critically injured while working at a fracking site in northern Colorado, Steve Straughen, won $30 million in federal court this month, but his attorney says he’ll only receive about half of that, because of state laws that put caps on jury awards.

He is one of many others who have lost jury awards in Colorado, says Coloradans for Accountability, a group that’s pushing for a measure on the ballot this November to eliminate caps on how much money people can be awarded in court cases.

Some attorneys argue that removing the caps will ensure that people who have suffered life-altering injuries, like Straughen, will get the money they deserve to properly move forward with their new normal.

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