More than a year after a North Carolina jury awarded $6 million to the family of a trucker who died after steel plates fell on him, the defendants have agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle while their appeal was pending. 

Lead plaintiffs attorney Matt Cook said he thought mounting interest and the addition of fresh  lawyers led the defendant’s insurers to cut their losses.

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