Post by pavel on Feb 11, 2016 5:18:39 GMT -6
Family of worker killed during Kyle Field renovations awarded $53M in lawsuit
The family of a construction worker killed during the renovation of Kyle Field in December 2013 was awarded $53 million by a Houston jury Wednesday.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Angel Garcia's mother and two children. The jury found Manhattan-Vaughn JVP was 75 percent liable and Lindamood Demolition was 25 percent liable for Garcia's injuries.
Texas A&M was not named in the lawsuit.
Garcia, 28, who was an employee of Lindamood Demolition, was catapulted off the edge of a fourth-floor ramp when a section of concrete fell onto the skid steer loader he was operating, the lawsuit states. The extra weight caused the small tractor to fall over the edge. The tractor hit a steel beam on the way down, which caused enough force to eject Garcia, who landed in a pile of rubble.
Garcia was working on the northeast end of the stadium when the accident occurred. He was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Bryan with massive head and torso trauma, where he later died.
Read more: www.theeagle.com/news/local/family-of-worker-killed-during-kyle-field-renovations-awarded-m/article_01b201f5-087d-5ed4-a642-55f2cdf559a7.html
The family of a construction worker killed during the renovation of Kyle Field in December 2013 was awarded $53 million by a Houston jury Wednesday.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Angel Garcia's mother and two children. The jury found Manhattan-Vaughn JVP was 75 percent liable and Lindamood Demolition was 25 percent liable for Garcia's injuries.
Texas A&M was not named in the lawsuit.
Garcia, 28, who was an employee of Lindamood Demolition, was catapulted off the edge of a fourth-floor ramp when a section of concrete fell onto the skid steer loader he was operating, the lawsuit states. The extra weight caused the small tractor to fall over the edge. The tractor hit a steel beam on the way down, which caused enough force to eject Garcia, who landed in a pile of rubble.
Garcia was working on the northeast end of the stadium when the accident occurred. He was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Bryan with massive head and torso trauma, where he later died.
Read more: www.theeagle.com/news/local/family-of-worker-killed-during-kyle-field-renovations-awarded-m/article_01b201f5-087d-5ed4-a642-55f2cdf559a7.html