The owner of a building site at 791 Glenmore Avenue in Brooklyn was acquitted of manslaughter for the death of an Ecuadorean day laborer who died when a wall collapsed at the site in 2008. The NY Times reports that owner William Lattarulo "hired an architect to draw plans and an engineer to do periodic inspections. But rather than relying on a professional to complete the job, he chose to do it himself, and made an incorrect measurement that led to the collapse." Lattarulo was also acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment.
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