A state appeals court Thursday restored the wrongful death lawsuit against a state employee brought after an ABC cameraman died from a fall at Camp Randall stadium while preparing for a Nov. 22, 2003 telecast of a Badger-Iowa football game.
The District 4 Court of Appeals opinion reverses a ruling by Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert, who dismissed the suit brought by the estate of Richard Umansky against Barry Fox, director of facilities at the stadium.
Albert had concluded that state employee immunity prevented Fox from being sued, but the Appeals Court found that Fox could be negligent because Umansky fell from a platform from which a railing had been removed. As a result, the suit can now be heard in Dane County Circuit Court.