[font=Verdana]When the son of the man who headed the federal agency for work safety died in a workplace accident, he filed a wrongful death suit.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Just before selecting a jury for the trial scheduled to begin on Monday, the case was settled for $2.3 million.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Kevin Campbell Auchter, a culinary student who worked as a demolition laborer, died during the demolition of two silos at the Monterey Coal Co. in Albers on [/font][font=Verdana]Feb. 24, 2000[/font][font=Verdana].[/font]

[font=Verdana]His father, Thorne Auchter, served as the head of Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 1981 until 1984 under President Ronald Reagan.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Auchter's estate sued the New York-based Ciminelli Services Corp., the general contractor and RBS Excavating, an Albers-based subcontractor.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Their lawyer