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Crown Castle Sues to Recover $47,341 From Cable Damaged by Negligent Excavator

Mastec North America violated Florida law in October 2019 when it excavated with mechanical equipment along a one-block stretch of Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, causing $47,341 in damages to Crown Castle’s underground telecom cable, alleged Crown Castle’s Sept. 25…

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complaint (docket 2023-130660-CC-23) in the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. The complaint alleges Mastec negligently failed to excavate “in a careful and prudent manner based on accepted engineering and construction practices,” and it failed to take “adequate measures” to safeguard Crown Castle’s cable against damage.