Construction Accidents: Lawsuit Filed Over Falling Beam

The parents of a ten-year-old girl whose skill was fractured when a steel beam crashed through a classroom ceiling have filed a lawsuit against two construction companies and against the Troy School District. The suit says that the construction companies working on the school were told not to work in areas in which there were students and that work on the classroom's roof and ceiling knowingly created hazardous conditions for the students.

Suit Filed Over Falling Beam at School

Richard and Stacy Twellman of Missouri filed the lawsuit against the school district, four administrators, Demien Construction Co., and Big Boy's Steel Erection on behalf of their daughter, Amie. The accident occurred December 14. Amie is recovering from her injuries but now has difficulties in school and becomes angry easily, says her mother. "She can't understand why she has a steel plate in her head just because she went to school," she said.