16-Year Altice Veteran Is Added Plaintiff in Lead Cables Suit vs. Verizon

Plaintiff Greg Bostard’s second amended complaint against Verizon’s lead cables, amended “solely for the purpose of adding an additional plaintiff” (see 2403130037), identifies that new plaintiff as Tony Rockhill, a New Jersey resident who has worked for Altice USA since 2008. Rockhill worked first as a field service technician and later as an outside service technician, the position he currently holds, said the complaint Monday (docket 1:23-cv-08564) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark. His work in both roles “brought him into regular contact with Verizon’s lead cables,” which are located some 15 inches from Altice’s cables, it said. As a result of this “close proximity,” his hands and arms “routinely have to touch Verizon’s cables in order to interact with Altice’s cables,” it said. As with Bostard, a former Comcast utility pole worker, when Rockhill perspires, “he sometimes rubs his face, including his eyes and mouth with his hands that had been in direct contact with Verizon’s lead-sheathed cables,” it said. The complaint seeks to compel Verizon to pay for their medical monitoring. April 18 is Verizon’s deadline to file a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint.