Crown Castle Seeks Recovery of $23,000 for Cable Damaged in Excavation

Denco Construction caused more than $23,000 in damages to Crown Castle’s underground telecom cable in July 2019 when excavating with mechanized equipment in Cape Coral, Florida, alleged Crown Castle in a negligence complaint Friday (docket 362023CC003651A001CH) in 20th Judicial Circuit Court in Lee County, Florida. Crown Castle’s cable “constitutes movable property, for which Crown Castle has the right of peaceable, undisturbed possession,” said the complaint. Denco “interfered with said possession when it knowingly and intentionally excavated” without maintaining “due clearance” of the cable, it said. The complaint accuses Denco of failing to excavate “in a careful and prudent manner based on accepted engineering and construction practices” as required by Florida law. Denco didn’t respond to requests for comment Monday.