Family of worker killed in fall at University of Chicago construction site files lawsuit

CHICAGO -- The family of a construction worker who died in a scaffolding collapse earlier this month on the University of Chicago Medical Center campus has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the contractor and subcontractor.David O'Donnell, 27, died and his co-worker Jeffrey Spyrka was critically injured when they fell more than 80 feet while working on the construction site of the hospital's planned cancer pavilion near 57th Street and Maryland Avenue on June 6.

They said the scaffold was not properly connected to the building under construction, and that a 3-foot gap at the corner was bridged only with a 4-foot piece of plywood connected with three nails.'The point of failure was exactly at that bridge when the scaffolds violently shook, pulled apart at that corner, and the bridge, on which Jeff Spyrka as standing and David O'Donnell was inches away, simply disappeared and fell to the ground,' attorney Louis A. Cairo said in an email.

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