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Posted by Mike Florio on May 10, 2009, 10:48 a.m.
We’re committed to keeping an eye on the still-developing story regarding the collapse of the Cowboys’ indoor practice facility eight days ago, even though it technically has not much to do with the game itself.
In our view, the situation needs to be properly publicized and discussed in order to ensure that all NFL and college football teams that build similar facilities will ensure that proper measures are taken to avoid a repeat of the incident that left scouting assistant Rich Behm permanently paralyzed.
Here’s one of the latest developments: The company that built the steel-framed structure paid the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit arising from a collapse of a similar building due to the accumulation of snow.
The Port Authority released the document on Friday. Ordinarily, settlements of this nature are confidential. But because the Port Authority is a public body, the documents undoubtedly were subject to the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Act.
The settlement came after a $5.1 million judgment was entered against Summit Structures; the reduction accounts for the possibility that the judgment could have been reversed or reduced on appeal.
The agreement also states that Summit Structures, in making the payment, denies any liability or wrongdoing. But that’s a standard term in virtually every settlement agreement. No one wants the money paid to make one case go away provide the foundation for the next case.
Even though, in this case, it just might.
We’re committed to keeping an eye on the still-developing story regarding the collapse of the Cowboys’ indoor practice facility eight days ago, even though it technically has not much to do with the game itself.
In our view, the situation needs to be properly publicized and discussed in order to ensure that all NFL and college football teams that build similar facilities will ensure that proper measures are taken to avoid a repeat of the incident that left scouting assistant Rich Behm permanently paralyzed.
Here’s one of the latest developments: The company that built the steel-framed structure paid the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit arising from a collapse of a similar building due to the accumulation of snow.
The Port Authority released the document on Friday. Ordinarily, settlements of this nature are confidential. But because the Port Authority is a public body, the documents undoubtedly were subject to the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Act.
The settlement came after a $5.1 million judgment was entered against Summit Structures; the reduction accounts for the possibility that the judgment could have been reversed or reduced on appeal.
The agreement also states that Summit Structures, in making the payment, denies any liability or wrongdoing. But that’s a standard term in virtually every settlement agreement. No one wants the money paid to make one case go away provide the foundation for the next case.
Even though, in this case, it just might.