Court Overturns Jury's $22.5 Million Award for Concrete Form Collapse

The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a $22.5 million award of damages for a group of employees injured by the collapse of a concrete form during a road construction project against the engineers Case: Scotty’s Contracting and Stone LLC v. Graves, No. 2024-CA-0287-MR, 08/28/2026, published. Facts: In 2011, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awarded a contract to Scotty’s Contracting and Stone LLC for a road construction project.  Scotty’s subcontracted with VanMeter Contracting Inc. to build retaining walls using large premanufactured forms. VanMeter employees su...