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Guilty Plea Entered in 2008 New York Fatal Crane Collapse Case


Posted on Nov 14, 2011

Tibor Varganyi, a former employee of New York Crane and Equipment Corporation, has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and agreed to testify against his former boss in relation to the fatal crane accident on the Upper East Side several years ago.

Mr. Varganyi is said to have admitted to the court that he was asked by his boss, James Lomma, to have the turntables in some of the cranes repaired. Mr. Varganyi allegedly turned down the offers of two U.S. companies to do the work because Mr. Lomma was reportedly concerned about how long the work would take to finish. Instead, a Chinese company that may have lacked the ability to do the work safely was hired. Mr. Varganyi admitted that no safety testing was done to verify the work of the Chinese company after it was completed.

The weld on the crane cracked after the work was done causing the crane to fall on May 30, 2008 and kill two construction workers, Donald Leo and Ramadan Kurtaj.

Mr. Lomma and his companies still face various charges with relation to the deaths of Mr. Leo and Mr. Kurtaj including second degree manslaughter and reckless endangerment. The trial could start as soon as this month.

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