Harry A. Sieben, Jr. Press
Harry Sieben represented the family of Joseph Harlow, one of two sewer workers that were killed when a heavy rainstorm flooded the tunnels they were working in under the streets of St. Paul. Sieben settled the Harlow family's claim against the City of St. Paul and Charles Nelson Associates, the consulting engineers on the project.
Family of sewer worker killed in St. Paul reaches settlement
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The family of a sewer worker who died in St. Paul has reached a confidential settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against the city and consultants on the project.
Joe Harlow's family had sued the City of St. Paul and Charles Nelson Associates, the consulting engineers on the sewer project.
Harlow and another sewer worker, Dave Yasis, died in July of 2007 after getting caught beneath St. Paul's city streets during a heavy rain storm while working on a sewer restoration project. Their bodies were recovered in the Mississippi River while six other workers made it out safely.
Once the judge signs the agreement, it will be official.
Terms of the amount of the settlement will not be made public as of part of the agreement in terms of the settlement according to attorney Harry Sieben.
Sieben, who is also representing the family of Yasis, said they will likely file a wrongful death suit on behalf of Yasis' family in the very near future.
The construction firm Harlow and Yasis worked for, Lametti & Sons construction firm, was considered a third party in the wrongful death lawsuit but was not a part of Monday's settlement, according to Sieben.
Harlow's family was not present at court Monday and told KARE 11 they did not want to comment on the settlement at this time.
