$2,500,000.00 awarded to a 43 year old union laborer who while working on the 8th floor of a building that was in the process of construction, was seriously injured when he was struck by improperly secured lumber that fell from the 14th floor.  The falling debris crushed and killing his partner.

Injuries: Herniated lumbar discs requiring surgical fusion and Left shoulder impingement and partial thickness rotator cuff tear requiring arthroscopic surgery