Posted On: May 31, 2006
$750,000 Awarded for Construction Death, Dennis Benson
On October 7, 2002, Dennis Benson, a 42-year-old mason subcontractor was killed when a 9-foot-deep trench collapsed in Rockaway. Homeowner, Kenneth Masiello and excavator, Robert Robertson granted Benson’s family with $750,000. The two contractors had limited liability because Benson was a self-employed contractor whom was responsible for his own actions as well as being foretold not to enter the trench until the shoring was complete. The settlement was approved by Judge Deanne Wilson on April 21, 2006.
~Henry Gottlieb, New Jersey Law Journal
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