''Teamwork'' is a

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west of downtown

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. ''Teamwork'' is cast in bronze and honors Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave, and Jerome Starr, the three Iron Workers Local 8 members killed by the Big Blue Crane collapse during the construction of the new

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stadium. The sculpture was commissioned by the Habush, Habush and Rottier Charitable Foundation for $250,000.

Description

''Teamwork'' depicts three Milwaukee Local Union 8 Ironworkers dressed for construction work. All wear jeans, t-shirts, boots and hardhats. One holds a clipboard.

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The sculpture honors William DeGrave, Jerome Starr and Jeffrey Wischer, three ironworkers who were killed by a piece of the stadium's retractable roof that fell when a crane failed during the construction of Miller Park. The widows of the workers, Marjorie DeGrave, Ramona Dulde-Starr and Patricia Wischer, settled a lawsuit against crane-maker

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of America, for an undisclosed total of over $99 million. Attorney Robert L. Habush represented two of the widows in their suit.

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