A wrongful death lawsuit alleges negligence in the death of a steelworker who was injured as his crew constructed grandstands for the inaugural 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The suit, filed Friday on behalf of Tizoc Antonio ’s family, names multiple companies as defendants, including Bellagio, LLC, and its parent company, MGM Resorts International.

Evolution Power Tools, LLC, which manufactured the saw the suit said killed the 37-year-old, also was named as a defendant.

Antonio was injured on Sept. 23, 2023 at the Fountains of Bellagio as he and his crew were making a 1/4 inch cut to aluminum decking to fit around a column, the suit said.

As Antonio tried to “disengage” the saw after it “caught the aluminum column,” the blade lacerated his neck, the complaint said.

The suit alleges that

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