The U.S. government agreed to pay $8.5 million to the estate of a contractor killed while working on a steam boiler at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in West Haven.
Christina Weaver, wife of the decedent, filed the action in her individual capacity and as the administrator of the estate of Joseph J. O’Donnell. She brought the lawsuit in 2022 under the Federal Tort Claims Act in Connecticut federal court.
