A man was electrocuted while working at a nearby Lowe's store, according to a wrongful death complaint, which blamed the incident on a contractor's carelessness.
According to a lawsuit submitted this week in District Court, the plaintiff, a 34-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was installing LED lighting at the Lowe's on Charleston and Eastern on June 11, 2021, when he was electrocuted by exposed wire.
Construction work was delegated to Stratus Unlimited by Lowe's. The complaint states that Opus Prime Solutions was hired by Stratus to do electrical repairs at the store.
According to the complaint, Opus Prime Solutions and Stratus Unlimited lacked the appropriate licences required by Nevada state law. Additionally, the plaintiff was one of the subcontractors who did not get worker's compensation benefits from Opus Prime Solutions.
According to the lawsuit, the Lowe's project manager lacked a valid contractor licence. The plaintiff was operating in an area that Salcedo and the other defendant firms allegedly neglected to de-energize.
According to a statement from lawyers handling his estate, the plaintiff was a devoted father to his daughter, who is now 8 years old. Because Lowe's chose to employ out-of-state, untrained, and unlicensed contractors to do electrical work, she will now have to grow up without her father, the attorney continued.
A July 2021 internet fundraising campaign to assist with funeral expenses generated $8,600. The plaintiff was electrocuted at University Medical Centre, according to the Clark County coroner, who declared his death an accident. In the complaint, wrongful death and negligence were charged. According to the plaintiff's attorneys, Lowe's could have checked the contractors' licences online.
