A Texas worker, who was left with serious electrical burns in a workplace accident, has been awarded $7.7 million.  The accident occurred in 2007.  The worker, Marco Murillo was engaged in salvaging cables from electrical boxes.  He sustained a serious electroshock, and suffered major burns on both his hands and forearms. His injuries were so serious they required skin grafts, and muscles from his back and nerves from his ankle had to be transferred into his forearms.  The employer Oncor  Electric Delivery was found 60% liable in the accident, and the other defendants were found about 40% liable.  Murillo has...

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