A History of Winning Results

Case Results

$8,500,000 recovery for individual who suffered internal crush injuries on a construction site caused by an equipment operator.

$6,000,000 recovery for family of an ironworker killed during the disassembly of a structural steel assembly, recovered from the general contractor for its failure to properly plan, supervise and coordinate the disassembly.

$3,700,000 recovery for laborer who suffered arm and leg amputation by defective excavation equipment.

$3,645,000 recovery obtained on behalf of an ironworker who fell twenty feet from scaffolding rendering him a paraplegic.

$2,750,000 for the wrongful death of a union carpenter who was thrown from an aerial boom lift, which plaintiff alleged was defective.

$2,700,000 mediated settlement obtained on behalf of 31 year old union laborer who fell through a roof approximately 40 feet onto the top of an elevator car.

$2,600,000 recovery obtained on behalf of a pile driver who received severe internal injuries when he was struck by a section of ductile iron pipe which had been pried loose by an excavator adjacent to the area where the pile driver was working.

$2,500,000 for severe crush injuries to plaintiff’s left arm when it was caught in a product while in the course of his employment.

$2,300,000 for the estate of an ironworker who fell to his death in the collapse of perimeter structural steel then under construction.

$2,100,000 recovery obtained for a roofer who suffered a burst fracture in a fall from scaffolding.

$1,800,000 recovery obtained for a sheet metal worker who injured both hands on a power rolling machine which plaintiff alleged had a negligently guarded foot pedal and which had been improperly wired.

$1,800,000 recovery obtained for an ironworker who suffered orthopedic injuries when he slipped and fell 18’ while working on decking at project site.

$1,700,000 recovery obtained for a laborer who suffered a fall in a concrete shaft due to a platform collapse resulting in numerous leg and back fractures.

$1,500,000 for construction worker who suffered injuries to his head, neck, arms and legs when he fell on a construction site.

$1,500,000 recovery for utility worker injured in explosion caused by excavating company disrupting natural gas line resulting in gas leak.

$1,300,000 judgment obtained for a laborer who received an electric shock due to the defendant’s failure to de-energize power to the trench in which the plaintiff laborer was instructed to work.

$1,228,000 recovery for the family of a plumber who fell 25 feet to his death from an unprotected roof edge.

$1,130,000 plus waiver of worker’s compensation lien, for family of a delivery man who suffered fatal injuries in a fall from the unguarded perimeter of a metal stairway under construction at commercial premises.

$1,090,000 recovery for family of an ironworker who fell from a building perimeter arising from a claim that the general contractor failed to plan for and supervise adequate fall protection.

$1,050,000 recovery for family of a pipefitter who fell from a scissor lift arising from a claim that the scissor lift was defective because of the absence of proper guarding at the access to the lift platform.

$1,000,000 recovery for ironworker’s claim against general contractor for the ironworker’s fall from a collapsing beam.

$1,000,000 recovery for an ironworker who seriously injured his back when he was pushed off a flatbed trailer by a drifting precast column during its offloading.

$990,000 recovery obtained for an electrician/apprentice who was injured when a large temporary power distribution box fell on his foreleg.

$950,000 recovery obtained for laborer who incurred head injuries when struck by rolling pipe on a construction site.

$940,000 obtained for ironworker in a claim for damages resulting from his impalement on rebar rods after a fall.

$909,000 obtained for an unmarried, childless demolition worker killed in the collapse of a structure he was in the process of demolishing.

$900,000 recovery in a product liability suit on behalf of a production line worker who became entangled in a processing machine’s conveyor system.

$900,000 recovery for worker who fell from raised platform of cement mixer truck and suffered orthopedic and neurological injuries.

$900,000 recovery for ironworker’s claims of negligent operation of a crane which resulted in the ironworker’s fall from a beam.

$750,000 recovery obtained for an ironworker as a result of his fall from a column at a height of 15 feet on a construction site.

$750,000 recovery for an ironworker with a serious ankle injury caused by a fall from an out of code job-made wooden ladder.

$740,000 obtained for the wrongful death of a laborer arising from a claim against a general contractor for failing to enforce fall protection.

$700,000 recovery for an ironworker who sustained multiple injuries from a 32 foot fall caused when he tripped over the head of a bolt attaching a bent plate to the top flange of the beam.

$675,000 obtained for an electrician who fell as a result of poor housekeeping on a construction site suffering head injuries.

$650,000 obtained for a carpenter who suffered knee and back injuries in a six foot fall from a plank walkway which tipped while he was using it to access his worksite.

$620,000 recovery obtained for a construction worker who slipped on oil and muck, falling 4 ½ feet into a pit.

$600,000 recovery for ironworker’s claims of inadequate housekeeping and unsafe work premises which resulted in the ironworker’s fall from a rebar cage.

$600,000 recovered for an electrician who suffered heel and foot injuries in a fall from a fixed ladder while attempting to close a roof hatch on commercial premises, asserting negligent design and installation of the roof hatch.

$575,000 recovered for an elevator constructor who suffered a partial amputation of and crush injuries to his major hand while installing a hydraulic freight elevator, asserting defective design and manufacture of the elevator.

$500,000 recovery on a death claim on behalf of an apprentice elevator mechanic arising from his fall from a defectively designed access ladder.

$500,000 recovery of an ironworker’s claim for damages after being struck by a negligently operated crane on a construction site.

$500,000 recovered for an ironworker struck by the swing of the counterweight of a mobile truck being used for steel erection causing rotator cuff injuries.

$500,000 recovery of an ironworker’s claim for damages after tripping on an insulating blanket and suffering a knee injury construction site accident

$490,000 recovery of an ironworker’s claims of construction site negligence resulting from injuries he received after he stepped into an unmarked, uncovered 10 inch diameter hole in a concrete slab.

$475,000 recovery on behalf of a welder/machinist brought against the parent company of plaintiff’s employer arising from the entrapment of plaintiff’s arm in a conveyor belt system at plaintiff’s place of employment.

$460,000 obtained for a telecommunications worker suffering knee and ankle injuries as the result of a fall on a defective stair tread.

$450,000 recovery obtained for an HVAC maintenance mechanic who slipped from a fixed ladder at defendant’s premises allegedly because of soapy material left on the floor, adjacent to the ladder, by defendant.

$450,000 recovery obtained for a laborer/welder for severe injuries caused to his minor arm during a welding procedure at plaintiff’s place of employment.

$450,000 recovery for an ironworker for injuries received by him upon the collapse of concrete form work causing the ironworker to jump to the concrete slab below.

$450,000 recovery obtained for an apprentice electrician for injuries he sustained when his hand contacted an energized metal door which had a defective welding lead draped over it.

$438,000 recovery for a drywall installer who suffered an ankle fracture against the general contractor when his scissor lift tipped over after one of its wheels traveled into a 2 ½ inch deep depression in the concrete roof of a building under construction.

$437,500 recovered from a product manufacturer for an electrician who received burns to both arms when a piece of electrical equipment, adjacent to the equipment on which he was working, created an arc flash resulting from a stray wire intruding through a gap in the cover of the electrical device.

$435,000 obtained for an ironworker as a result of injuries incurred in a fall at a construction site as a result of inadequate perimeter fall protection.

$432,000 obtained for an electrician who suffered knee and hip injuries when his leg sank into allegedly improperly compacted soil on a construction site which had been trenched and compacted by other trades.

$425,000 obtained for an ironworker who fell from a concrete box beam suffering a comminuted interarticular fracture of his talus.

$400,000 obtained for an ironworker who fell two stories from structural steel suffering a fractured wrist and soft tissue neck and back injuries.

$400,000 obtained for an electrician who injured his ankle on a fall from a ladder.

$400,000 obtained for a sheet metal worker who twisted his knee, requiring surgery, on snow and ice on a construction site.

$400,000 obtained for an operating engineer as a result of his fall from slurry tanks on a construction site.

$400,000 obtained for the wrongful death of an unmarried ironworker with no dependents who fell from the exterior of a high rise building under construction.

$375,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered a fractured pelvis in a 20 foot fall from the unguarded roof of a school under construction.

$375,000 obtained for a sheet metal worker who suffered injuries to his back and knee from a fall from scaffolding.

$340,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered orthopedic and neurological injuries resulting from a fall through unsecured decking.

$325,000 for an ironworker for his fall from moving staging on which a different trade had left an oily residue.

$325,000 for a sprinkler fitter who stepped into an uncovered, unguarded and unmarked hole in a poorly lit work area.

$320,000 for an insulator who suffered a broken femur when the railing of a work platform failed causing a 12 foot fall.

$300,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered soft tissue back injuries, as well as thumb and shoulder injuries as a result of a one story fall from collapsed decking.

$300,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered a shoulder injury as a result of a six foot fall from staging.

$300,000 obtained for an electrician who suffered a leg fracture when he twisted his knee by stepping on a piece of copper pipe which had been carelessly discarded and left to roll underneath his step ladder.

$300,000 btained for a sheet metal worker struck on the back by falling duct work, causing soft tissue and neurological damage.

$275,000 obtained for a roofer who suffered leg injuries in a fall from a lift.

$275,000 obtained for ironworker who suffered a right humerus fracture when he slipped from a wet job site ladder.

$275,000 obtained for a concrete pumper whose leg was broken by a falling wooden wall which was under the control of a carpenter.

$275,000 obtained for an ironworker alleging rotator cuff damage when he strained his shoulder in attempting to restrain a glass panel being installed with use of a boom lift.

$275,000 obtained for a dump truck driver alleging bilateral knee injuries when his vehicle was struck, on a construction site, by another construction vehicle.

$262,500 obtained for an ironworker who worsened his pre-existing back condition by slipping on form release oil at a construction site.

$260,000 obtained for a mason who was struck and knocked off a construction ladder by falling masonry from above.

$250,000 obtained for a truck driver who was struck in the back by wooden pallets which fell from a forklift being operated by defendant’s employee.

$250,000 obtained for an electrician who fractured lumbar vertebrae and his minor wrist when he stumbled backwards over the edge of a roof, which lacked perimeter guarding, falling 35 feet to the ground below.

$250,000 obtained for an electrician who received an electric shock and orthopedic injuries as a result of a negligently installed light fixture.

$250,000 obtained for an electrician as a result of electric shock received from a defective power switch.

$250,000 obtained for a production worker whose hand was caught in a moving conveyor belt which was inadequately guarded.

$250,000 obtained for an ironworker who fell 12 feet resulting in a fractured vertebra.

$250,000 obtained for a pipefitter who tripped on a piece of carelessly discarded debris at a construction site resulting in a disc herniation at L5-S1.

$240,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered an ACL tear requiring surgical reconstruction when he slipped on wet fireproofing materials.

$210,000 obtained for a sheet metal worker who lost his right index finger when his hand was drawn into a power roller machine.

$200,000 obtained for an ironworker who suffered leg and shoulder injuries in a one story fall when his lanyard hook failed.

$200,000 obtained for a pipefitter who suffered a disc injury in his back when he slipped on discarded debris at a construction site.