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Family Sues N.C. Over Construction Death
Oak Island, N.C., 10.25.2009
AP
The family of a worker killed during the construction of a new bridge to a coastal North Carolina town has sued the state Department of Transportation and its contractors for negligence.
The Star-News of Wilmington reported Saturday that an attorney for Jose Montalvo's family filed the lawsuits Friday.
Montalvo was killed Dec. 3 when a beam to which he was tethered collapsed and crushed him.
Attorney Joel Rhine says he questions if there were enough safeguards and oversight to manage the complex $37 million project constructing a bridge to Oak Island.
A Transportation spokeswoman said she had not seen the lawsuit Friday and declined to comment.
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