HENDERSONVILLE – In what is believed to be the largest award for a personal injury claim in North Carolina history, a jury awarded $101 million in damages to two Hendersonville masons who were severely injured, and one of them permanently disabled, when a retaining wall collapsed on them in 2021.
A Henderson County Superior Court jury awarded $45 million each to Adan Rendon Hernandez, 34, and Magno Alberto “Beto” Valdez Sanchez, 39, for personal injury May 19, according to a copy of the verdict sheet provided to the Times-News by Rendon’s attorney Brian Davis.
The jury also awarded $11 million to Valdez’s wife, Maria Guadalupe “Lupita” Aguillón Guerrero, finding that Hajoca Plumbing Supply and manager Andrew Weymouth were responsible for the loss of “the consortium of her spouse,” meaning damage to their marital relationship stemming from Valdez’s injury, which left him with permanent physical and neurological damage…