Attorneys announce 2nd lawsuit in deadly construction site accident at UChicago Medical Center NBC Chicago [Video]

Attorneys representing the families of two men who fell 100 feet from scaffolding during high winds at a construction site at the University of Chicago Medical Center have announced a second lawsuit will soon be filed.

On Monday, attorneys with GWC Injury Lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey A. Spyrka, and also plan to file a wrongful death suit on behalf of the family of David O’Donnell, who died in the fall.

At the time of the fall, according to attorney Louis Cairo, a wind monitor on a tower crane recorded wind speeds of 44 miles per hour.

“This [scaffolding] was designed that if properly constructed, based upon the design, it would withstand wind forces of 80 miles per hour,” Cairo said.

“It wasn’t properly constructed,” he said during a news conference announcing the second, pending lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges two construction companies, Turner Construction Company and Adjustable Forms Inc., failed to take appropriate safety measures to ensure the scaffolding was …