The parties involved in a lawsuit over the death of a painter, who was electrocuted while at work at the municipally-owned Newtown Meeting House on Main Street in July 2004, have reached a legal settlement of ...
...In the July 26, 2004, accident, in which an aluminum ladder made contact with an 8,000-volt power line on the south side of the meeting house, Mr Tenecela, 25, of Port Chester, N.Y., died due to accidental electrocution. Victor Saquisela, then age 21, also of Port Chester, was seriously burned. Both Mr Tenecela and Mr Saquisela were originally from Ecuador.
The two men were among a work crew which was completing a repainting project on the meeting house at 31 Main Street, which formerly served as Newtown Congregational Church.
In the legal settlement, Philip Russell, a trustee for the plaintiff, received $300,000 to be distributed to Mr Tenecela's survivors....
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