Construction Accident Verdicts: Estate of Mahmood, Et. Al. v Winzinger Construction Inc.

Estate of Jabaeda Mahmood, et al. v. Winzinger Construction Inc.

Verdict/Settlement (breakdown): $1.125 million settlement

State: New Jersey

Background: Sources told Mealey Publications that on Jan. 7, 2003, Jabaeda Mahmood was a passenger in an SUV driven by Farhana Mamun as it traveled through a construction site on the Atlantic City Expressway. As Mamun attempted to pass a bus, sources said, she sideswiped a temporary concrete barrier, lost control of the car and cut in front of a bus, which struck the SUV, sending it down an embankment. Sources said Mahmood died at the scene and her husband and daughter, who were also in the SUV, were injured, along with Mamun and bus passenger Albertine McCall.

Mahmood's attorney argued that Mamun would not have moved into the left lane to attempt to pass the bus if Winzinger Construction Inc. had posted signs of the upcoming barrier and shoulder closure, sources said. Mahmood's estate, along with Mamun and McCall, sued Winzinger Construction on Oct. 8, 2003, in the Atlantic City Superior Court.

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