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59-year-old James Weiss, a former firefighter, sustained severe head trauma on the morning of Wednesday, January 15, 2020, when a piece of sheet metal fell on him while he was working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. He was taken to St. Joseph's...
Tragedy struck Wednesday, September 12th when a retaining wall above a trench at a construction site collapsed, leaving one worker trapped under the debris. Despite extensive rescue efforts, the search had to be postponed due to rain before they were able to locate...
The victim was part of a construction crew that had dug below the foundation of the building at the site to make a wooden support form to shore up the building's facade. According to reports, the accident occurred when the victim was inside the wooden structure and,...
The investigation into a tragedy at a Manhattan construction site continues. Earlier this week, we shared the grisly news that 37-year-old Tina Nguyen, an aspiring real estate broker and Manhattan resident, was killed while walking on W. 12th St. in Greenwich Village....
Does the Family of Killed Construction Worker Abbas Behnam-Bakhsh Have a Legal Remedy?The senseless death of construction worker Abbas Behnam-Bakhsh has been chronicled over the last ten days in this blog. Mr. Behnam-Bakhsh, a 55 year-old project engineer, was crushed...
$2,600,000 Settlement for Brooklyn Worker Injured in Fall from Unsecured Ladder Our client was employed to work at a Brooklyn construction site in June of 2018. His employer provided him with an unsecured A-frame ladder to perform his assigned duties, which included...
On Tuesday, July 18 at 9:45 AM, a man working on a six-story new residential building project on Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was trapped up to his waist under thousands of pounds of dirt that collapsed, stopping at least three feet high. According to...
$1,900,000 Settlement for Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 Journeyman Injured at Manhattan Construction Site Our client, a 34-year-old mason, was working on a construction project to install new exterior brick to various portions of buildings owned by a...
Pain and Suffering in Personal Injury Lawsuits There are many elements to a personal injury lawsuit, including holding responsible parties accountable for lost wages, medical bills, and more intangible damages like pain and suffering. Pain and suffering damages are...
A union worker sustained serious injuries after a scaffold collapse at an NYC construction site. The case went to trial, & the jury awarded him $6 million.
