FEATURED CASES

Paul Dansker won $3.6 million for this pedestrian who was seriously injured when she walked through an unguarded road construction site and was struck by a van. Mrs. C. sustained a serious degloving injury to her ankle, where most of the skin and soft tissue was torn off and she had to undergo numerous surgeries to try to repair the damage.

Mr. Dansker settled with two of the defendants for $2.1 million and then went to trial against the remaining defendant showing that the road construction companies failed to take adequate steps to safeguard the construction site to prevent pedestrians like Mrs. C. from being injured.

A 46-year-old Chinese carpenter who was part of a crew constructing a building in Scarsdale fell off an unsecured ladder that slipped underneath him. He fell about 20 feet onto his face and head, sustaining facial fractures, fractured teeth, and a fractured knee. He had surgery on five facial fractures and had lead surgical reconstruction of his knee.

Doug Hoffer could have proved during trial that Mr. W.S. was not provided with proper safety devices but because of strong case preparation, the defense settled after jury selection.

Doug Hoffer obtained a stunning verdict for a man who fell from a scaffold during construction work sustaining fractures of his spine and psychological injuries. The plaintiff testified that he was totally disabled and could no longer work. However, the defense produced a surveillance video that apparently showed Mr. L. going to a garment factory downtown and staying there for at least 8 hours on a semi-regular basis, indicating that he had returned to work.

Mr. Hoffer, despite the above, convinced the trial judge to deny the defendant the right to show the video to the jury based on a legal technicality, thereby paving the way for a substantial jury verdict.

This proves once again that there is no substitute for good lawyering and having the right lawyer could very well mean the difference between success and failure.

Scaffold worker falls from great height fracturing skull, vertebrae, arm and leg due to a failure of the employer to provide safety line to tie harness to.

NOTE: Work on scaffolding and from heights is so dangerous, special laws are in place to allow those workers to often times get around the Worker's Compensation law, by making the owner and general contractor automatically liable in certain situations.

Construction Accidents

DANSKER & ASPROMONTE HAS RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS INCLUDING PEOPLE INJURED ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

Construction Accident Attorneys Representing Injured New Yorkers.

Construction is dangerous and the law in the area of construction injuries is complex. Many of these construction accident injuries are caused by falls from scaffolds, ladders or heights.

Dansker & Aspromonte is a leading construction accident law firm and has obtained millions of dollars for severely injured workers from all over New York City.

Often, workers are not provided with proper safety equipment, training or supervision which would aid in the prevention of these accidents. Because of the dangerous nature of work on scaffolding or elevated heights, not only are the contractors liable but the owners of the buildings are held liable as well. Even if the owners do not control the work or are not present at the time of the occurence, they remain liable. (An exception is if the building is private and/or a two-family house.)

A problem that the injured worker may face is that Workers' Compensation will frequently act as a bar to prevent an employee from suing his own employer. Usually in construction accidents, however, other contractors or other workers employed by other companies are the ones responsible for a worker's accident. In those cases, Workers' Compensation does not bar a lawsuit from being instituted.

The construction accident lawyers at Dansker & Aspromonte also handle other kinds of construction cases that include:

faulty equipment
improper supervision
collapsing trenches
falling elevators
dangerous work places
toxic mold
falling objects
roadway excavations
negligently operated machinery
inadequate training
missing or inadequate safety devices
improper or altered equipment or machinery

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