Overview
- The wrongful-death suit, filed Thursday by Elizabeth Pollard’s husband through Morgan & Morgan, names U.S. Steel and Monday’s Union Restaurant owner Paul Iannuzzo.
- The complaint alleges the defendants failed to inspect, maintain, remediate, or warn about dangerous ground conditions tied to the Marguerite mine, which closed in the 1950s.
- Pollard, 64, fell about 30 feet in December 2024 while searching for her cat behind the restaurant, and crews recovered her body after a four-day search about 12 feet from the opening; her 5-year-old granddaughter was found unharmed in the car.
- U.S. Steel said it is reviewing the lawsuit, and the restaurant owner declined to comment.
- The filing also lists unknown additional parties U.S. Steel may have worked with, signaling a push to clarify who bears responsibility for conditions at the site.