In Cupo v. Fobco Construction and Otis Elevator, a man who fell down an elevator shaft in an under-construction building at Kean University settled his Middlesex County suit for $3 million on Dec. 2.

Plaintiff Michael Cupo sued two firms charged with building a multipurpose academic building at the university after he fell down an elevator shaft in 2016 that he contends was ill-lit and negligently operated.