AP: Cowboys' canopy collapse firm seeks protection

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Cowboys' canopy collapse firm seeks protection

March 26, 2010

DALLAS (AP) -The parent company of the firm that built the Dallas Cowboys' ruined practice facility says it has filed for protection from its creditors under Canadian law governing bankruptcies.

In a statement issued Thursday, Saskatchewan-based Cover-All Building Systems Inc. says it will seek to restructure its finances under court supervision while continuing "limited operations."

A Cover-All subsidiary, Summit Structures LLC of Allentown, Pa., was responsible for the steel and fabric Cowboys' facility that collapsed in a wind storm last May.

The disaster left team scout Rich Behm paralyzed from the waist down and caused special teams coach Joe DeCamillas to suffer a broken vertebrae. Both have filed lawsuits accusing Cover-All, Summit and others of gross negligence.

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...big headlines in the papers this morning up here.

They laid off almost (400) workers and there's no real message coming out on when they will resume full production.

The are saying the economy and supply is the big reason why they have filed for protection.

I'm sure the pending lawsuits are another factor.

It's too bad. A lot of good people are losing their jobs and they had nothing to do with the engineering fiascoes of Summit Structures.
 
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