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Verdicts & Settlements October 4, 2004: Death of welder leads to $400K settlement.

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

| October 04, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Dolan Media Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff

$400,000 Settlement

The plaintiff's decedent, a 25-year-old welder/ironworker, fell to his death from the outside perimeter of a building under construction where he was engaged in welding connections between a beam and a column. There were no eyewitnesses to the plaintiff's decedent's fall, and there was conflicting testimony about his activities in the minutes prior to his fall.

The plaintiff's decedent was found wearing a safety harness, but with no lanyard attached to it. The plaintiff alleged that the general contractor's failure to promulgate, monitor and enforce proper fall protection standards, and …

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