On July 31, 2020, a Nichols employee, Henry Hernandez, Jr., was killed while performing work on the project. The estate of Mr. Hernandez filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Aug. 16, 2021, with an amended complaint on Aug. 30, 2022, in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida. The lawsuit sought damages for negligence related to the electrical work performed by Mr. Hernandez and other Nichols employees.
