Judge Denies New Trial for Ladder Maker After Wheaton Man's Fall

WHEATON, IL - A ladder maker will not be allowed a new trial in a case involving a Wheaton man who fell from a ladder in 2006 and was awarded $11 million earlier this summer after suing the manufacturer for making a faulty product, the Cook County Record reports. The fall left John Baugh with brain injuries.

A federal jury originally ruled in 2011 in favor of Mexico-based ladder maker Cuprum, which contended Baugh did not use the ladder properly, but that decision was overturned on appeal and a federal jury in June ruled in favor of Baugh, according to the article.

During a most recent court appearance in the case on Dec. 22, U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee rejected requests by Cuprum for a new trial and to undo the jury’s verdict from over the summer.

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