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HUNTSVILLE (Alabama) TIMES
Migrant widow wins case against Loyd Farms
Jury awards $75,000 in suit over man's death
Times Jackson County bureau
Huntsville Times
SCOTTSBORO - A Jackson County jury awarded $75,000 Thursday night to the
widow of a migrant worker in her wrongful death suit against Loyd Farms
of Stevenson.
The jury of nine women and three men ruled the business, owned by
brothers Jack Loyd Jr. and George Loyd, was negligent when it allowed
Bonifacio Ortiz Calihua, 30, to ride on a tractor-drawn flatbed trailer
that was involved in a collision with another vehicle on July 11, 2003.
According to the lawsuit, the collision knocked Calihua off the trailer,
killing him.
The jury reached its verdict after deliberating for about 1 1/2 hours.
Birmingham attorney Jim Hughey, who represented Calihua's wife, Sylvia,
said she "was very pleased with the message the jury sent."
The Loyds were represented by Athens attorneys Byrd Latham and Jim
Moffatt. Efforts to reach them for comment were unsuccessful.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Jenifer Holt of Scottsboro presided over
the trial, which started Monday.
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