Construction Workplace Accidents Verdicts Settlements
New York Construction and Workplace Accident Verdicts and Settlements
The personal injury attorneys at Powers & Santola, LLP, provide knowledgeable and vigorous representation to injured workers and their families. Our goal: to help victims and their families obtain full and fair compensation for their injuries. Construction accidents are one of the core areas of our law practice, and we have handled hundreds of cases over the past 20 years.
Below are a few examples of the construction accident and workplace injury cases we have handled. Please note that past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases. This information is provided to acquaint prospective clients with the scope and difficulty of cases we have handled in the past.
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- $9,443,177 recovery for a 22-year-old man from Pennsylvania who suffered brain damage when he lost his balance while installing satellite communications equipment on the roof of a building in Valatie, New York. He fell 16 feet onto a concrete loading dock because he was not provided with adequate safety devices.
- $4 Million recovery for a 69-year-old construction worker who suffered a spinal cord injury with resulting paralysis while renovating a commercial building. He fell approximately 10 feet because he was not provided with adequate safety devices.
- $1.95 Million recovery for a Mexican construction worker who suffered multiple fractures and massive internal injuries when he fell 22 feet from a roof on a new Home Depot store being built in Oneonta, New York, because he was not provided with adequate safety devices.
- $1 Million recovery for a 49-year-old construction worker from Georgia whose ankle had to be fused to treat fractures that he sustained when he fell from an elevated height because he was not provided with adequate safety devices while installing metal beams and shelving during the construction of a Lowe's Home Center.
- $4 Million recovery for a 55-year-old laborer who suffered amputation of both legs, one above the knee and one below the knee, when he was struck and his legs were crushed by a dump truck that was backing up while resurfacing a city street. The laborer was injured as a result of the city's failure provide a safe place to work, as required by Labor Law §241(6), because there was no spotter present to guide the truck.
- $3.5 Million recovery from the State of New York for the death of 26-year-old civil engineer who died while working on a road construction project. He was struck by a construction vehicle backing up in the construction area and crushed to death. The man's death was caused by the State's failure to provide a safe place to work as required by Labor Law §241(6).
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