{"id":6924,"date":"2018-10-22T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2018-10-22T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:40:57","slug":"7-million-jury-verdict-for-wrongful-death-of-maintenance-worker-for-failure-to-provide-safety-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-million-jury-verdict-for-wrongful-death-of-maintenance-worker-for-failure-to-provide-safety-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"$7 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Maintenance Worker for Failure to Provide Safety Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bronson Ganka was a maintenance worker for <a href=\"http:\/\/aptsdowntown.com\/\">Apartments Downtown Inc.,<\/a>\u00a0 a private company that builds apartments in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iowa_City,_Iowa\">Iowa City<\/a>, Iowa. Iowa City is a college town where the University of Iowa is located. Ganka was 40 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>While he was drilling holes into a building he was working on, he fell off a ladder and hit the ground 12 feet below.<\/p>\n<p>Ganka suffered head injuries and died several days later. He was survived by his wife, a minor child and two adult children.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-million-jury-verdict-for-wrongful-death-of-maintenance-worker-for-failure-to-provide-safety-equipment\/#more-6924\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronson Ganka was a maintenance worker for Apartments Downtown Inc.,\u00a0 a private company that builds apartments in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa City is a college town where the University of Iowa is located. Ganka was 40 at the time. 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