$68.5 Million Jury Award to Widow of Construction Worker Killed in Fatal Fall

A 38-year-old construction worker was killed after falling from an unsecured, unsafe fifth-floor balcony at a Fitler Square luxury townhouse.

$68.5 million in damages was awarded by a Philadelphia jury to the widow of a 38-year-old construction worker who was killed in December, 2021, after falling from an unsecured, unsafe fifth-floor balcony at a Fitler Square luxury townhouse site developed by defendant OCF Construction LLC. Siarhei Marhunou’s widow, Hanna, and the couple’s now three-year-old son, were represented at trial of the negligence, wrongful death, and survival action litigation by the catastrophic construction negligence team of Jeffrey P. Goodman and Aidan B. Carickhoff.