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Settlement for scaffolders ends Oak Creek power plant lawsuit

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Eight scaffolding workers who were injured in a February 2009 explosion at We Energies‘ Oak Creek power plant will get $16 million in a lawsuit settlement.

The workers were injured while erecting scaffolding inside of a coal dust collector at the power plant. Coal dust in the collector ignited, injuring the nine workers. Within 10 days of the incident, the eight workers had hired Habush Habush & Rottier SC, of Milwaukee, and sued Wisconsin Electric Power Co., U.S. Fire Protection Inc. and their insurance companies. U.S. Fire Protection was a contractor involved in the project at the coal dust collector.

Attorneys from Habush on Thursday announced the defendants agreed to a $16 million settlement of the case, which was scheduled to go to jury trial in May
Via: The Business Journal

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