Alter hit with subcontractor lawsuit over 2011 accident

Nov 28, 2012 | 10:55 AM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrapyard, Alter Trading, Jary Duarte, Precision Welding, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — Alter Trading Corp. is being sued by a subcontractor who was injured while working at the recycler’s Gulfport, Miss., scrapyard.

Jary Duarte, an employee of Davenport, Iowa-based Precision Welding, was burned in January 2011 while dismantling a vehicle with a cutting torch at the scrapyard. The accident resulted in....





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