Recent Case Results

When the Neighborhood Matters

Smiley Law Brooklyn construction accident injury attorneys specialize in personal injury cases in Brooklyn and across the five boroughs. Our Brooklyn construction accident injury attorneys have won more than $150 million in judgments and settlements for our New York City clients.

• A $5.05 million dollar settlement before trial for the family of a painter who was killed while helping to rebuild the World Trade Center site after the events of 9/11. We successfully argued that the defendants were negligent under New York State Labor Law because they allowed our client to work alone without the benefit of a coworker—and that working alone in a man lift was an unsafe work practice.
• A $1.2 million settlement prior to jury selection for a 44-year-old electronics engineer who was injured when he stepped into a gap in a catwalk.
• A Smiley Law Brooklyn construction accident injury attorney won a $505,000 settlement when our client, a 50-year-old construction laborer and local union member, sustained multiple fractures to his ankle after falling into a 6-foot deep concrete hole that was covered by unsecured and unmarked plywood sheeting. We proved that the owner of the site and the subcontractor on the site were negligent and violated specific New York City Industrial Codes that require all such openings to be properly secured and marked. We made and won a motion that held the owner liable as a matter of law for our client's injuries and obtained $505,000 for our client less than 2 years after his accident without going to trial.
• A total $520,000 settlement for a 47-year-old construction laborer who was injured while helping to renovate a subway station. As a result of the fall, our client sustained a fracture to the middle of his foot (known as a “Lis Franc” fracture) which rendered him permanently disabled. At a pre-trial mediation proceeding, Smiley Law Brooklyn construction accident injury attorneys obtained $315,000 for the injured worker plus a waiver of a $205,000 worker's compensation lien.

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