Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Friday, April 19, 2024 | Back issues
Courthouse News Service Courthouse News Service

Widow Blames Drawbridge Operators for Death

FORT LAUDERDALE (CN) - A man died because a drawbridge operator raised the bridge as the man crossed it on foot, his widow says. Pauline Nolan says no warning signals were lit as her husband entered the bridge, and the bridge operator ignored the honking horns of motorists who saw her husband dangling, holding on for dear life, until he dropped 60 feet to his death.

Nolan and her three daughters sued ISS Facility Services, Transfield Services North America, Michael O'Rourke, and the State of Florida Department of Transportation in Broward County Court.

They are represented by Jay Cohen.

Categories / Uncategorized

Subscribe to Closing Arguments

Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.

Loading...