Ramsey County Judge Mark Ireland signed off on the settlement Wednesday, granting the family of 61-year-old Peter Michael Davis $8.5 million for his wrongful death. Davis died on Sept. 28, 2022 after a truck driven by Dawson Barber of Ti-Zack Concrete backed into Davis, crushing him.

The family of a construction worker killed by a backing-up dump truck while at work in 2022 will receive a $8.5 million settlement. Peter Davis, 61, of Stillwater, had worked for the St. Paul Regional Water Services Department for over 40 years. He had retired from the department just before the fatal incident happened.

Peter Davis was killed in 2022 when a dump truck ran him over on a construction site. His widow has now been awarded $8.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The driver was found to have cocaine and THC in his system.

An $8.5 million settlement was reached in the wrongful death case of a construction worker who died after he was hit by a dump truck while at a downtown St. Paul construction site in 2022. Peter Michael Davis died at age 61 at a work site near the Minnesota Children's Museum.

After a 61-year-old worker was fatally struck by a dump truck operator at a construction site in downtown St. Paul, a law firm found the operator was under the influence of drugs and safety protocols had not been followed,