Recently Updated Construction Accident Injury Case Results

$1.365 Million for injured construction worker

• Smiley & Smiley, LLP obtained a $1.365 Million Settlement during trial on behalf of a 39-yr-old demolition foreman who was struck in the head by a falling piece of concrete. At the time of the accident our client was on the ground giving orders to his crew during a project to rehabilitate the Triborough Bridge. As a result of the blow to the head, our client was knocked unconscious and later suffered permanent injuries to his head and back. At trial, we were establishing that the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) violated specific Labor Law statutes that require overhead protection to protect worker's from falling debris. After partner Andrew J. Smiley, Esq. presented his first week of evidence at trial, the TBTA offered this substantial sum to resolve the case.

$5 Million settlement for family of painter killed on WTC reconstruction project

• Smiley & Smiley, LLP obtained a $5.05 Million pretrial settlement for the family of a painter killed while working the night shift at the World Trade Center site as part of the Path Train Reconstruction Project following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Our client was assigned the task of prepping and painting two staircase tower structures, which were each about 30 feet high and required the use of an aerial lift (man lift) to gain access. For his entire shift that evening, our client was working alone. At about 12:30 a.m., he was discovered crushed between the top of one of the tower structures and the basket of his aerial lift. Smiley & Smiley, LLP claimed that the defendants were negligent under New York State Labor Law § 200 in allowing our client to work alone without the benefit of a coworker and that working alone in a man lift was an unsafe work practice.

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More Construction Accident Injury Cases:

• $650,000 for a 50-year-old Bronx laborer who suffered severe shoulder and internal injuries when he was struck by a beam which was thrown over the side of the building he was working on. This case was based on a violation of a Labor Law statute requiring the use of chutes for removal of such material.
• $825,000 settlement for construction workers who, while working at an Amtrak railroad tunnel, suffered leg and back fractures when a scaffold they were working on gave way and caused them to fall.

Contact a Smiley Law New York construction accident injury attorney today. (212) 986-2022 Toll Free 1-866-SMILEYLAW or email: attorney@construction-accident-injury-ny.com