Greenville attorney part of $101 million settlement

A Greenville lawyer was part of a team that secured a $101 million verdict in a case involving a deadly construction site wall collapse in Hendersonville five years ago.

Three men were critically injured and a fourth killed on Jan. 13, 2021, when the 12-foot concrete retaining wall fell on them at the Hajoca Corporation plumbing supply facility in Hendersonville, according to news reports. The June 1 payout is described by attorneys involved as the largest ever in North Carolina.

Meredith Hinton of the Ricci Law Firm Injury Lawyers in Greenville joined a team of lawyers who pursued a negligence suit against Hajoca, the men’s employer, a project subcontractor and owner of the building where the collapse occurred. Her client located her while trying to find an attorney outside of western North Carolina, she said…

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