After the longest civil trial in Manhattan Supreme Court history, a jury found James Lomma liable for the 2008 crane collapse that killed Donald Leo, 30, and Ramadan Kurtaj, 27—ordering the crane magnate to pay the families of the victims a total of $96 million.
The two men were killed when a Lomma-owned 200-ft-tall crane operated by Leo fell to the ground during construction of a high-rise building at 91st Street, crushing Kurtaj, a construction worker standing below on the street.