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Photo by Andrea Burdett for ENR; inset by Bryan Caniff Family's lawsuit contends that a freestanding flight-monitor structuresuch as this one, which has added temporary wall support (circled)had design changes and construction omissions. Related Links: Lawsuit of Bresette family against Birmingham, Ala. airport renovation construction team members Details Emerge Slowly on Fatal Airport Sign Collapse The Kansas family of a child who was killed when a 300-lb. freestanding flight display collapsed in March at the Birmingham, Ala., airport has sued for unspecified damages the architect, engineers and contractors involved in the terminal's recent renovation.The lawsuit, filed on June 5 in
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