Several construction companies have agreed to pay an injured worker $7 million to compensate him for severe brain injuries he suffered after falling through an improperly covered hole in the floor of a construction site.

The defendants in Fitzpatrick v. Toll Brothers agreed to the accord Jan. 3, a few days before the case was set to go to trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

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