FARMINGTON – Russell Brackett of Temple has filed a lawsuit against Marden’s Inc. in Waterville for injuries he claims he received when a forklift malfunctioned.
Marden’s General Manager Paul LePage said Wednesday that he wasn’t aware of the situation and had no idea about what’s going on.
Brackett was employed by a contractor that was doing work at a Marden’s warehouse. Brackett’s attorney, Michael Welch, filed the suit Aug. 3 in Franklin County Superior Court in Farmington against Marden’s and Kennebec River Development Park LLC in Winslow, which is also owned by Marden’s.
Brackett’s complaint states that in April 2000 he was an employee of Central Maine Rebuilders Inc. and was doing work at a warehouse at the development park. He was standing on a pallet that had been lifted into the air by a hydraulic forklift owned by Marden’s and was cutting a pipe, it states.
When Brackett was being lowered to the ground, the suit claims, the forklift malfunctioned and he fell to the ground and received injuries that required hospitalization and treatment. The injuries also caused a loss of wages and prevented him from performing his usual employment, the suit states.
Brackett asks the court to issue judgments that are reasonable against Marden’s and the Kennebec River Development Park LLC.
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