La. Suit Filed Over 2010 Death at Community College
A man whose son was killed in an accident last year during a class at River Parishes Community College has filed a lawsuit.
The Advocate reports that 19-year-old Joshua Wallace of Prairieville was killed in Oct. 2010 during an electrical lineman class in Ascension Parish when a piece of equipment called a harness beam struck him.
Named defendants are River Parishes Community College Foundation Inc.; Buckingham Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Binghamton, N.Y.; and Wallace’s instructor. The suit seeks damages and funeral expenses.
Attorney Mark Boyer, who represents Wallace’s father, Eddie Beard, declined comment this past week. College officials also declined comment.
H. Andrew Batty Jr., Buckingham’s president, said the product had been altered by the time of the incident in a way the company would not have done.
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