The sole survivor of a scaffolding accident in Toronto last Christmas Eve that killed four men has reportedly filed suit seeking $16.3 million in damages.
Word of the suit comes not long after the Ministry of Labour made 61 charges against a pair of companies and certain company officials. (WCxKit)
The Globe and Mail reports the lawsuit filed by 22-year-old Dilshod Marupov names the companies involved and the Ontario Ministry of Labour.
Marupov, who is from Uzbekistan, fell 13 stories when scaffolding he was on while repairing balconies on a Toronto apartment building snapped in half. Both of his legs were crushed, his spine was broken, and he was in the hospital for several months.
Charges were made against Metron Construction of Toronto and Swing N Scaff of Ottawa under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The charges include failure to ensure workers used proper devices to prevent them from falling and failure to ensure the platform was not overloaded.
We are suing them because we think they have a duty that they didn't exercise properly, claimed Marupov's lawyer, William Friedman. (WCxKit) Allegations in the lawsuit have not been proven in court.
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