The two employees seriously injured in the 2009 collapse of the Dallas Cowboys indoor practice facility have been awarded about $5 million each. Attorney Frank Branson told the Associated Press that the payments in cash and other benefits to team scout Rich Behm and special teams coach Joe DeCamillis settle lawsuits the two brought against Cowboys Center Ltd. (which owned the steel-and-fabric facility, plus the land on which it stood) and Blue Star Development Co. Both companies are controlled by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Behm was paralyzed from the waist down and DeCamillis suffered a broken vertebrae when the building collapsed in a windstorm on May 2, 2009. Both men still work for the team, which wasn't sued. Branson also disclosed that a previous settlement with the facility's builder paid Behm $19.5 million and DeCamillis $4.5 million.
