$10.5M Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Laborer Death at Phila. Pier
This article appeared in The Legal Intelligencer on January 16, 2020, written by P.J. D’Annunzio. Click here to read it on the The Legal Intelligencer site.
A lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in a fall at a Philadelphia pier rehabilitation project has settled its case for $10.5 million, lawyers for the family announced. The agreement between Kimberly Bolden-Johnson, administratrix of the estate of John “Jay” Johnson, and Agate Construction Company settles claims that alleged recklessness on the defendant’s part caused Johnson to fall through a hole in the pier and into the Delaware River in January 2016.
A lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in a fall at a Philadelphia pier rehabilitation project has settled its case for $10.5 million, lawyers for the family announced.