Credit: Rick Kopstein/ALM Jury Awards $1.5 Million Over Construction Worker's Fall Into Collapsed Trench
"Thus, the trench was permitted to exist in a dangerous condition while subcontractor workers were active on the jobsite and in the vicinity of the trench," the plaintiff's attorneys said.
September 18, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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Personal Injury
After a seven-day trial, an Essex County jury awarded a Newark man more than $1 million for injuries he sustained when a trench on a construction project collapsed, causing him to fall into it.
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