£1.3m Payout Follows £1m Penalties after Avonmouth Gantry Collapse

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A court has approved a seven-figure compensation settlement for the families of four workers killed when they fell 80 feet from a motorway bridge. The case was brought by the workers' union GMB on behalf of their families.

Under the settlement, the families will receive £1,372,500. A judge sitting at Bristol Crown Court approved the deal from Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd - now known as Yarm Road Ltd - Costain Ltd and Technitube Ltd.

Paul Stewart, Ronald Hill, Andrew Rodgers and Jeff Wi... (96 more words)

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