In a Middlesex County wrongful death suit, Estate of Crosby v. Berkeley Redevelopers, the estate of an equipment mechanic who died while working on demolition of a strip mall received payment of a $2.5 million settlement on Aug. 7.
Raymond Crosby died on Sept. 24, 2015, while working at the site of the vacant Beachwood Shopping Plaza in Berkeley Township. Crosby, an employee of Edgewood Properties, was sent to the site to repair a piece of equipment to assist with demolition of a former Woolworth store on the property, although he had no experience with demolition, the suit claimed. Crosby was cutting notches into steel support columns in the store when the roof collapsed, killing him.
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