James Van Duyne News Today

Marcy Olin, 59, filed the first lawsuit against the crane operator and construction company after a crane collapsed last month in New York City.

The operator of the crane at the center of Wednesday’s disaster in Midtown was previously charged in a 2008 construction accident that resulted in the death of his co-worker. Chris Van Duyne, 62, who the Department of Buildings said was at the controls around 7:30 a.m. when his tower hoist burst into flame, caught the blame 15 years ago for a workplace death involving compromising safety ...

Chris Van Duyne of New Jersey was operating the crane that caught fire and fell in Manhattan and was involved in the 2008 death of Anthony Esposito.

Chris Van Duyne, 62, narrowly escaped with his life when the crane he was operating caught fire before collapsing and injuring 12 people on the Manhattan sidewalks.