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Man who lost leg is only going to receive half of his jury award due to Colorado laws

A man who was critically injured while working at a fracking site in northern Colorado, Steve Straughen, won $30 million in federal court this month, but his attorney says he'll only receive about half of that, because of state laws that put caps on jury awards.
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