Family of David O’Donnell files lawsuit after worker dies in scaffold collapse at Hyde Park, Chicago construction site

CHICAGO (WLS) — The family of a man who died in a fall at a construction site earlier this month will file a lawsuit on Thursday.

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The construction worker, 27-year-old David O’Donnell, fell eight stories while working on the University of Chicago’s new cancer center in Hyde Park and died.

Another worker also fell but survived. His family also filed suit last week. In their suit, they claimed that workers had complained about the stability of that corner days earlier, when the scaffolding was even lower.

The O’Donnell family’s lawyers plan to sue general contractor Turner Construction and Adjustable Forms Concrete.

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ABC7 reached out to the companies for comment but received no response.