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$2.75 Million Settlement Reached In Renowned Late Crabber's Fall From Jersey Shore Dock $2.75 Million Settlement Reached In Renowned Late Crabber's Fall From Jersey Shore Dock
$2.75 Million Settlement Reached In Renowned Late Crabber's Fall From Jersey Shore Dock The family of a popular Monmouth County crabber who died after falling through a dilapidated dock is reportedly receiving a $2.75 million settlement. Patrick Shopp of Port Monmouth was walking along the dock at the Belford Seafood Co-Op in early 2020 when a broken board dropped him six feet onto the deck of his boat, according to The New Jersey Law Journal. He suffered a perforated colon, among other injuries, which required various surgeries over the following 15 months, the law journal reported. Shopp, considered one of the Bayshore’s best crabbers, reportedly died of complications at Ri…

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