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30 Apr 2004 Contractors Cited In Collapse The deadly collapse of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino and Resort was blamed Thursday on contractors and inspectors who failed to properly secure the floor to the walls and provide adequate shoring for the concrete columns. Read Story

25 Apr 2004 Changes In Design Preceded Collapse Of Casino Garage The garage collapse that killed four construction workers and injured 20 others last October during a $245 million expansion of the Tropicana Casino and Resort was caused by the faulty installation of concrete floors after changes were made to the ... Read Story

16 Apr 2004 Tropicana Garage Case To Be Heard In A.C. ATLANTIC, CITY – More than 30 attorneys appeared in ·court Thursday in. connection with the deadly Tropicana parking .garage collapse and it looks as if they agree on at least one thing: The case should be. handled. here not in ... Read Story

11 Mar 2004 Caps On Damages In Med Mal Suits Passed A deeply divided state Senate passed legislation yesterday morning to place limits on pain-and-suffering damages that juries can award in medical malpractice lawsuits but only after narrowly rejecting two other proposals. Read Story

10 Mar 2004 Jury-Award Cap Nixed By Senate HARRISBURG – The state Senate late last night rejected a plan to limit the dollar amount that juries can award for pain and suffering in less-egregious medical-malpractice cases, but continued to debate a broader proposal to allow the limits to ... Read Story

22 Dec 2003 Garage Concrete Caused Concern A city building inspector was at the Tropicana Casino Resort’s parking-garage construction site just 40 minutes before the five top floors collapsed on the morning of Oct. 30, killing four workers, city records show. Read Story

3 Dec 2003 Work Resumes At Casino Where Garage Collapsed Work quietly resumed yesterday on portions of the $245 million hotel tower and expansion at the Tropicana Casino Resort, nearly five weeks after four workers were killed in the collapse of a parking garage under construction there. Read Story

27 Nov 2003 Widows Sue Over Garage Collapse At A.C. Casino In what is believed to be the first legal challenge to stem from last month’s parking-garage collapse at the Tropicana Casino Resort, the widows of two construction workers filed a wrongful-death lawsuit yesterday against the casino and construction companies involved ... Read Story

27 Nov 2003 Suit Cites Building Flaws In Garage Collapse A lawyer representing the families of two ironworkers killed in the recent collapse of a casino parking garage under construction in Atlantic City filed a negligence lawsuit yesterday contending that improper construction practices doomed the building and the workers. “This ... Read Story

27 Nov 2003 Suit In Fatal N.J. Garage Collapse November 27, 2003 — The widows of two ironworkers killed in the collapse of a casino parking garage in Atlantic City filed a wrongful-death lawsuit yesterday against the Tropicana Casino and Resort and two contractors. Read Story

26 Nov 2003 Lawsuit Filed In Casino Garage Collapse November 26, 2003 – Families of two ironworkers killed when the casino garage they were building in Atlantic City, New Jersey, collapsed filed a Iawsuit Wednesday. Read Story

21 Nov 2003 Mcgreevey Honors Rescuers From Collapse At Tropicana ATLANTIC CITY – Shoes shined and collars starched, firefighters. police officers, doctors, politicians and union tradesmen gathered in a hospital conference room here Thursday as Gov. James E. McGreevey thanked them for their rescue efforts during the Tropicana Garage collapse. Read Story

15 Nov 2003 Safety At A.C. Garage Probed The four workers who perished have been laid to rest. Read Story

13 Nov 2003 A.C. Collapse Leaves Hundreds Of Trades Workers Without Work Atlantic City – Loosing four or their co-workers in a tragic construction accident was bad enough. Read Story

13 Nov 2003 Ccc Finds Trop Stable Enough To Relicense ATLANTIC CITY – Tropicana Casino and Resort is financially strong enough to weather an undetermined delay of its major expansion project, the Casino Control Commission said Wednesday in awarding the casino a four-year license renewal. Read Story

12 Nov 2003 Trop Opens Skywalk, Other Half Of Garage ATLANTIC CITY – Tropicana Casino & Resort took another step toward normalcy Tuesday afternoon, when authorities allowed the casino to reopen thewalkway over Pacific Avenue and the other half of its parking garage. Read Story

9 Nov 2003 Workers Sensed Danger Before Collapse Of Parking Garage They are construction workers, not engineers or safety experts. But George Tolson, Norman Williams and John Pietrosante Jr. found themselves focusing on a common thought: something unsafe or at least unsettling was going on as they rushed to complete a ... Read Story

7 Nov 2003 Tropicana Reopens Its West Tower ATLANTIC CITY – A week after Tropicana’s garage collapse, the casino’s600-room West Tower and one parking lot reopened to the public at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, a few hours after the last victim of the fatal incident was laid to rest. Read Story

6 Nov 2003 Acmc Met Crisis As Professionals I have always been proud to tell people I am registered nurse. I have always been proud to tell people that I work at Atlantic City Medical Center. However, I have never been more proud than I am after experiencing ... Read Story

6 Nov 2003 Crews Continue Work At Tropicana Collapse Site ATLANTIC CITY – Construction crews continued to chip away at the remnants of a l00-foot-tall wall Wednesday at the collapsed parking garage at Tropicana Casino and Resort. Read Story