By Tammy Terry Anchor
Associated Press
A private contractor will still have to pay $6.5 million dollars in the 2004 death of a Fort Benning soldier. A federal appeals panel upheld the verdict. Private Van Ryan Marcum died on June 19, 2004, when he leaned back against the metal exterior wall of a latrine and was electrocuted. Associated Press
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Stumble It!Marcum's estate sued The Shaw Group Incorporated, which was under contract to demolish several abandoned metal latrines at the army base. The Shaw Group argued that it had no duty to have demolished the latrine, noting that the Army had given it an extension for the
demolition work. An inspection revealed that the building had a short in wiring
to a fan that sent current through the shell of the building.
