A Middlesex County jury on Jan. 19 handed up a $7.34 million verdict in a suit on behalf of an Old Bridge man found to have died from the combined effects of a construction accident and medical malpractice, D’Avila v. Hugo Neu Schnitzer East.
Jack D’Avila was helping install a mega-shredder at Hugo Neu Schnitzer East in Jersey City, a scrap-metal company, on May 18, 2005, when a 30-foot extension ladder propped against a concrete pier fell over and hit him in the head, injuring his neck.
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