Verdicts & Settlements

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Settlement

$4,000,000

Construction Accident

to a 25-year-old laborer who fell from the unguarded edge of a high-rise under construction resulting in head injuries and permanent disability from employment

Settlement

$3,750,000

Construction Accident

for a 45-year-old union carpenter who was injured when he slipped on an electrical cord and fell down a concrete stairway causing him to suffer a fractured ankle requiring surgical fusion, a lumbar herniation requiring fusion surgery, and a torn rotator cuff requiring arthroscopic surgery

Settlement

$3,750,000

Construction Accident

for a 52-year-old union carpenter who was injured while working on a scaffold when a scaffold wheel slipped into a hole in the floor, causing the scaffold to topple over As a result, he suffered fractures of his left leg requiring open reduction and internal fixation surgery and a total knee replacement on his right leg

Jury Verdict

$3,700,000

Construction Accident

for the wrongful death of a 49-year-old laborer who fell from a defective hoist

Settlement

$3,100,000

Construction Accident

for 53-year-old union concrete laborer when a ladder upon which he was working collapsed out from under him causing him to fall 7 feet to the ground and sustain facial and skull fractures, a subdural hematoma, traumatic brain injury, post-concussion syndrome and shoulder separation, resulting in a permanent deformity

Settlement

$3,073,100

Construction Accident

for a 48-year-old carpenter who suffered cervical herniated disks requiring surgical fusion when the scaffold upon which he was working toppled over

Settlement

$3,000,000

Construction Accident

for an undocumented 42-year-old laborer who was struck by a falling object at a job site He sustained shoulder, neck, and back injuries that required surgery

Settlement

$3,000,000

Construction Accident

to a 42-year-old undocumented worker employed as a laborer who sustained serious shoulder and lower back injuries that required surgery when he was struck by a falling metal beam

Settlement

$2,750,000

Construction Accident

to a 22-year-old laborer who fell four stories through an unguarded opening on a construction site and suffered head trauma with resultant neurological deficits