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$53,500,000 Jury Verdict for Construction Worker Who Suffered Paraplegia as a Result of a Construction Site Fall Our client, a 43-year-old construction worker, was devastatingly injured while hoisting an AC unit to the roof of a multi-story duplex. He fell between 10...
Last week, an unidentified construction worker employed was performing carpentry work on the twelfth floor of the new JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park Avenue. Witnesses recalled that as he was working, the man suddenly lost his balance and fell through an open...
On Monday, contractors were working on the city’s third water tunnel at 46-01 37th Ave at 48th Street in Woodside, Queens, when disaster struck. As the laborers worked on Shaft 17B of the city-run construction site, a rebar cage suddenly tipped over; the incident...
$2,400,000 Settlement for Painter After Trip and Fall on Midtown Construction Site Plaintiff, a 35-year-old Bronx resident, was hired as a painter at a Manhattan building renovation project. While using a spray gun to paint the ceiling, our client tripped over a...
$4,500,000 Settlement for Worker Violently Struck by a Hoist Gate Our client, a 44-year-old laborer, was working at a construction site in NoMad, Manhattan when an elevator accident left him with serious and permanent injuries. He was operating personnel hoists as...
Tragedy struck in Brooklyn Heights last week as a father of six lost his life. On February 11th, 56-year-old Angel Pilataxi was on-site at 124 Columbia Heights working on a building conversion project when just past 10:00 p.m., he fell from the eighth floor of the...
$2.85 Million Settlement for Local 79 Union Laborer Who Fell at a Manhattan Construction Site Court and County Supreme Court, New York County Age and Occupation of Plaintiff Plaintiff was a 38-year-old Local 79 union laborer at the time of the accident. Accident The...
$3,200,000 Settlement for Window Installer with Elbow, Shoulder, & Spine Injuries After Construction Site Fall Court and County Supreme Court, Suffolk County Plaintiff Age and Occupation Plaintiff was a 50-year-old window installer at the time of the accident....
Falls in the Construction Industry Falls are the number one killer of construction workers. Since 2011, an average of 275 construction trades workers (laborers rather than supervisors or inspectors) have died in on-the-job falls. Sadly, that number is trending...
$1,800,000 Awarded to Victim of Construction Site Collision COURT AND COUNTY Supreme New York AGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFF Plaintiffs were the operator, age 42 and her niece, passenger, age 21. DESCRIPTION OF CASE Plaintiffs were struck at a low speed by a...
