2nd lawsuit announced in fatal construction site accident at UChicago Medical Center

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Attorneys representing the families of two men who fell 100 feet from scaffolding during high winds at a construction site at the University of Chicago Medical…

during high winds at a construction site at the University of Chicago Medical Center have announced a second lawsuit will soon be filed.

"It wasn’t properly constructed," he said during a news conference announcing the second, pending lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the companies,"failed to make reasonable inspections," and"failed to warn the workmen on the site, including the Plaintiff, of the risk of severe winds that were imminent."

Spyrka, 36, is a husband and father of three. The ironworker was severely injured in the fall but survived.

 

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