Motorist struck by metal on George Washington Bridge awarded $10.5M

expected to go to trial. Skanska Koch Inc. and El Sol Contracting — construction firms doing work on the bridge at the time of the crash — also settled for an undisclosed amount.

“I hope they do a better job maintaining that bridge knowing what they know,” said Edward Capozzi, Rosario’s attorney. “The amount of debris on that bridge — they have to inspect it more frequently, they have to have cameras, and I think they already corrected that situation.”

Court filings cited ‘voluminous’ debris-related crashes on bridge
Capozzi’s legal team reviewed about 19,000 documents to prepare the lawsuit and get ready for a possible trial, according to court filings.

That review raised questions about how often the Port Authority conducted sweeps of the George Washington Bridge and the bistate agency’s limited use of software to help predict high-debris zones, as well as suggestions about how frequently to conduct sweeps.

Before Rosario’s crash, “there were voluminous accidents involving vehicles striking large road debris” on the George Washington Bridge, according to court documents.