The family of a construction worker who died in a scaffolding collapse on the University of Chicago Medical Center campus in June of 2024 has settled a lawsuit for $23.5 million.
David O’Donnell, 27, died, and his co-worker Jeffrey Spyrka was critically injured, when they fell more than 80 feet while working on the construction site of the hospital’s planned cancer pavilion near 57th Street and Maryland Avenue on June 6, 2024.
The lawsuit from O’Donnell’s family claimed the scaffold was “incredibly deficient” and that contractor Turner Construction and subcontractor Adjustable Concrete Construction didn’t take proper safety precautions…