You may need to have experienced personal injury attorneys that have demonstrated experience in practicing personal injury law. A seasoned construction injury lawyer is well-versed in work safety regulations and the local worker’s compensation laws. You need to find an attorney that specializes in construction injury cases.
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According to the CDC, falls account for roughly 22 percent of all construction injuries reported, making them the most common type of injury associated with working construction. Falls can happen on even flooring, off of scaffolding, off of roofs and ladders, or virtually anywhere else at the workplace.
Make sure you and your employees learn how to use property safety restraints such as harnesses when you work on a project more than six feet off of the ground.
Premises liability involving dangerous property can involve an almost endless list of negligent acts perpetrated by property owners and owners' agents. The New York City premises liability attorneys of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, have successfully handled hundreds of premises liability cases in our over 90 years of combined legal experience.
Who are all of the defendants — the product manufacturer, the defective component manufacturer, the product distributor, the end seller of the product or another party? And why is the case actionable — was the product covered by an express warranty? An implied warranty?
$5.05 Million pretrial settlement for the family of a painter killed while working the night shift at the World Trade Center site as part of the Path Train Reconstruction Project following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Our client was assigned the task of prepping and painting two staircase tower structures, which were each about 30 feet high and required the use of an aerial lift (man lift) to gain access. For his entire shift that evening, our client was working alone. At about 12:30 a.m., he was discovered crushed between the top of one of the tower structures and the basket of his aerial lift. Smiley & Smiley, LLP claimed that the defendants were negligent under New York State Labor Law § 200 in allowing our client to work alone without the benefit of a coworker and that working alone in a man lift was an unsafe work practice.
Construction injuries are not only quite common but often prove to be fatal . According to the Department of Labor stats, 20% of work fatalities in 2019 were in construction. Injuries that do not result in a fatality are sometimes serious enough to leave the person unable to ever work again.
Working in construction is a dangerous job. Even when you take all the precautions, there are too many variables that make this job quite unstable, safety-wise.
However, a professional lawyer can investigate and prove if it was the case of avoidable circumstances on part of the employer (s) that resulted in the injury. When that happens, you not only become entitled to better claims, a higher settlement, and even medical insurance relief.
However, a construction site is rarely ever a one-company job. Several different companies are involved in a single construction project, and in the absence of a competent attorney, you really can’t know which business is ...
The Takeaway. While the legal world and the justice system may be unfamiliar grounds for you, your attorney can be the inside person that gets you the best of this complicated system. Most injury claims have deadlines attached to them.