Three companies have agreed to pay a total of $24.1 million to settle claims brought by the family of a man who was rendered “infant-like” after a debilitating brain injury he suffered during the construction of the Conshohocken Rowing Center.

According to court papers, plaintiff Leon Oates, a construction worker who focused on caulking, broke through a drop ceiling tile during the construction project and fell about 15 feet, before falling another roughly 15 feet down a concrete staircase. The fall left Oates, 41 at the time, in a “semi-conscious, infant-like state, entirely unable to walk, communicate, or care for himself,” court papers filed by his wife and daughter said.

The plaintiffs had brought claims against the general contractor for the project and two subcontractors. On Nov. 7, counsel for the plaintiffs notified the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas that the case had resolved.