Premier NY Personal Injury Lawyers
An overloaded boom truck crane collapsed after the excess weight it was carrying caused a pin to break, injuring the operator and shutting down 34th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues right outside of Penn Station on the night of Monday, March 18, 2019. Workers...
2017 was another busy year in New York City's seemingly never-ending construction boom. Cranes and scaffolding continue to decorate our city's landscape, and the sounds of construction continue to fill the air. As we have written about frequently, construction...
A 41-year-old construction worker was seriously injured at a commercial construction site near 126th Street and 82nd Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens earlier this month, as reported by New York Daily News. At around 10:20am on Wednesday April 5th, the cable attaching an...
New York, New York - During a windy morning on February 5, 2016, a crawler crane, stretched nearly 600 feet in the air, fell to the ground in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca, tragically killing 38-year-old David Wichs on his way to work. The crane...
When we think of NYC construction accidents, we often focus on employer and building owner practices that create conditions that allow accidents to happen. One factor that gets less attention is the materials used in construction. Shoddy building materials may be the...
Heavy equipment is a necessary part of the construction industry and crane accidents are responsible for a large portion of construction injuries and deaths each year. Cranes are complex machines that many individuals are peripherally aware of but few have experience...
Crane accidents rarely end well. Usually they end with catastrophic consequences including death, serious injury and significant property damage. As a result, construction cranes in New York have been a source of safety concerns and intense scrutiny, particularly in...
Negligence Resulting in Injury: Case Examples Negligence serves as the basis of liability for the majority of personal injury lawsuits. Negligence occurs when an individual owes another a duty of care but either acts carelessly, or fails to act, and ultimately causes...
Filing a New York Construction Accident Lawsuit Construction can be a dangerous industry, which is why it is so important for employers to make worker safety their number 1 priority. Over the course of a 45-year career, a construction worker has a 75% chance of...
New York Falling Object Injury LawyerRepresenting Workers Injured by Falling Debris, Dropped Tools and More Under New York law, construction site workers who suffer injuries as a result of falls, falling objects and other gravity-related accidents are granted special...
