Record-Setting Construction Accident Verdicts and Settlements in New York

Construction accidents often result in catastrophic injuries, permanent disability, and complex litigation involving owners, general contractors, subcontractors, safety violations, and New York Labor Law claims. The construction accident attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf have been representing injured construction workers and their families since 1919, securing some of the largest construction accident verdicts and settlements in New York and the United States.

Through meticulous investigation, aggressive litigation, and a willingness to take complex Labor Law cases to trial, the firm has recovered substantial compensation for workers injured in falls, crane collapses, defective equipment accidents, falling object incidents, unsafe worksite conditions, and other serious construction-related accidents.

Among the most significant construction accident verdicts and settlements obtained by our firm are:Additional Fall accident verdicts and settlements

• $9,000,000 Labor Law 241(6) settlement in Manhattan for a 37-year-old journeyman electrician who slipped while descending an interior staircase at work. The fall worsened a pre-existing L5-S1 herniated disc and led to multiple surgeries. Defendants argued the condition was entirely pre-existing.
• $5,000,000 settlement in a construction accident case for a worker who fell from the roof of a building during a construction project and miraculously sustained only leg fractures.
• $4,000,000 million verdict in a construction accident case in New York County on behalf of a laborer who suffered burns after falling into a pit of scalding water.
• $3,975,000 settlement in New York County for a man who fell from a truck and was impaled by a piece of Rebar.
• $2,700,000 settlement in New York County in a construction accident case for a worker in his sixties who was killed when he fell from a building canopy he was cleaning.
• $1,350,000 settlement for a hard hat who fell through the floor at a construction site when the plywood covering a large hole broke.

Additional Fall from scaffold verdicts and settlements

• $6,500,000 settlement for a construction worker who suffered traumatic brain injury after falling from a scaffold. The scaffold had no safety railings.
• $6,250,000 verdict for a construction worker who suffered left elbow and pelvic injury after he fell 30-40 feet from a rope scaffold that was not properly secured. 
• $5,800,000 recovery for a New York construction worker who suffered a brain injury when a Hi-Lo struck a scaffold upon which he was working causing the scaffold to fall over.
• $2,950,000 settlement in a construction accident case for the estate of a single woman who suffered injuries and later died as a result of falling from a defective scaffold at a construction site.
• $2,500,000 settlement for a Queens carpenter who sustained a back injury when he fell from a rolling Baker scaffold.
• $1,200,000 recovery in a New York Construction Accident Case for a man who fractured his heel when a scaffold at a construction site collapsed.
• $1,200,000 settlement in a Bronx County construction accident case to 50-year-old brick mason who sustained a fractured heel when the scaffolding on which he was working collapsed causing him to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground.

Additional Fall from ladder verdicts and settlements

• $8,625,000 Recovery for the Wrongful Death of a 38-year-old worker in a construction accident case as a result of a fall from a ladder.
• $5,000,000 recovery in a New York Construction Accident Lawsuit for a man who suffered a brain injury when he fell from a ladder at a construction site. The recovery included an agreement for workers' compensation payments to continue despite the settlement.
• $5,000,000 settlement for a 50-year-old man who suffered a cervical herniation requiring fusion surgery after falling from a ladder at a construction site.
• $3,975,000 settlement in a New York Construction Accident case on behalf of a construction worker injured under the New York State Labor Law when he fell off of a slippery dump truck ladder and was impaled on vertical rebar left uncapped at a construction site.
• $1,250,000 recovery for a carpenter who fell from an A-frame ladder and underwent a microdiscectomy of his lumbar spine.
• $1,073,295 verdict in the Brooklyn Supreme Court on behalf of a 38-year-old construction worker who fell face-first from a defective ladder and sustained a fractured jaw and seven lost teeth.

Additional Struck by falling or moving object verdicts and settlements

• $9,500,000 New York County settlement under Labor Law 240 for a 37-year-old construction worker who suffered major injuries to his head, neck, back, and arm after a tar cauldron dropped from a truck’s liftgate and hit him.
• $4,997,986 settlement on behalf of a Manhattan resident who sustained brain damage when a chain-link security fence fell off the roof of a five-story building and struck him on the head while he was walking down the street.
• $3,250,000 settlement in New York County for a 54-year-old construction worker injured when a metal platform collapsed beneath him, causing an 8-to-10-foot fall from the first floor into the basement of a building under construction. He suffered spinal, shoulder, and knee injuries. Liability was established under Labor Law 240(1), despite defense claims that certain injuries were degenerative.
• $2,975,000 settlement in a New York County construction accident case for a worker killed when a prefabricated wall panel fell on him.
• $2,500,000 settlement on behalf of a sheet-metal worker who sustained a crushed pelvis when the unsecured arm of a sign that was being hoisted became dislodged and struck him.
• $1,850,000 settlement for a 54-year-old Brooklyn resident who sustained a cervical disc herniation requiring fusion surgery after drywall collapsed from his apartment ceiling due to negligent roof repairs and ongoing water intrusion.
• $1,400,000 recovery by our New York City Construction Accident Lawyers for a 40-year-old mother whose right great toe was partially amputated after she was hit by a brick discarded from an active construction site.
• $1,400,000 settlement on behalf of a New York construction worker injured when the glass roof of a greenhouse he was installing collapsed causing him to fall to the ground.
• $1,200,000 recovery for a construction worker who had a finger amputated after it was crushed by a falling hydraulic piston.

Electrocution accident verdicts and settlements

• $1,000,000 settlement for a laborer who suffered an electric shock causing peripheral neuropathy in both hands.

Other significant construction accident verdicts and settlements

• $3,925,000 – Settlement in Monroe County for a 34-year-old Rochester laborer who sustained a traumatic amputation above the wrist while operating a defective radial arm saw. The saw allegedly violated OSHA standards because it lacked adequate blade guarding and had no automatic reversal feature, allowing it to slide into the operator between cuts.
• $3,000,000 settlement following Summations in a New York County construction accident case in which a worker suffered serious injuries to his heel while riding on a muck tram in a subway tunnel under construction.
• $2,200,000 settlement on behalf of a laborer killed in a construction accident.
• $2,025,000 recovery in Kings County for a construction worker who lost parts of his fingers when his hand was caught in an unguarded opening of a flatbed truck.

Proven Results in Construction Accident LitigationWith decades of experience and record-setting verdicts and settlements, the attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf are recognized for handling complex construction accident cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death.

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