The crucial error that led to the toppling of a tower crane and the deaths of seven people two years ago was made well before the day of the collapse, the defense lawyer for a rigging contractor said in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. The lawyer, Arthur L. Aidala, said the developers’ decision to dig a hole on East 51st Street for Con Edison wiring before the building went up was the fatal mistake. The hole meant that the crane, more than 300 feet high, could not be bolted to...
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