Gravlin v. Fredavid Builders & Developers

MONTEMURO, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of appellant for $186,361 in a personal injury case. Appellant, a surveyor, injured his shoulder when he stepped backward and fell onto a pile of stones used to anchor a cover for a storm sewer inlet adjacent to the construction site where he was working. Use of a cover, known as a silt saver, was mandated by the Department of Environmental Resources to filter mud and rocks washed from the construction site and prevent this material from entering the sewer system.

Appellant underwent two surgical procedures on his shoulder.…