Under continued strain from trying to hoist the auger, the crane’s boom bowed and bent, eventually snapping in half and crashing to the ground, court records show. An appeals court in New Jersey has overturned a $43.5 million payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site. The court found Lee was not entitled to the award for negligence, gross negligence and intentional injury meted out to subcontractor Wright & Close L.L.P. after leads from the falling crane crushed Lee 's leg and severed it below the knee. The court said Tyler Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company couldn't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury.
An appeals court in New Jersey has overturned a $43.5 million payout to a former construction worker who lost a leg when a crane collapse on a building site. The court found Lee was not entitled to the award for negligence, gross negligence and intentional injury meted out to subcontractor Wright & Close L.L.P. after leads from the falling crane crushed Lee 's leg and severed it below the knee. The court said Tyler Lee was entitled only to workers compensation because the company couldn't have known that events that led to the collapse would have caused injury.