Crown Castle Seeks $34,000 in Damages From Excavator

Contractor JM Power was excavating with mechanized equipment in January 2019 in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, when it damaged Crown Castle’s underground telecom cable, in violation of Florida law, alleged Crown Castle in a Jan. 10 negligence complaint (docket 50-2023-CC000383XXXXMB) in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. JM’s conduct caused Crown Castle to incur nearly $34,000 in “actual damages,” it said. JM failed to excavate “in a careful and prudent manner based on accepted engineering and construction practices,” it said. It also failed to properly train and supervise its employees “and ensure they complied with all applicable statutes,” it said. The complaint seeks recovery of the monetary damages, plus interest. JM didn’t comment.