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On February 2, 2024, a New York intermediate appellate court upheld an Erie County jury verdict of approximately $2,300,000 to a female construction worker who was struck by an unsecured "32-foot-long extension ladder that had been leaning against a wall fell, hitting her on the head and left sho...
On July 14, 2022, a Nassau County jury determined what was a fair and reasonable award to a 51 year old (former) electrician injured on the job four years ago. The electrician was standing on a ladder to inspect a dumbwaiter's panel when the fingers of his right hand became trapped between some c...
On July 28, 2021, an appellate court covering appeals from Westchester Supreme Court agreed with the lower court that dismissed a Labor Law Section 240 (1) filed by an HVAC mechanic who fell from a ladder. The appellate court found that the injury occurred while the mechanic was replacing a conde...
On June 29, 2021, a construction worker who sued the Metropolitan Transportation (MTA) was granted summary judgment with a ruling that the MTA violated several state worker safety laws. The construction worker was struck by an improperly hoisted load of L-shaped steel rebar on a construction site...
On April 29, 2021, an appellate court approved a Bronx jury award of $2,050,000 for 6 years of past pain and suffering ($550,000) and 40 years of future pain and suffering ($1,500,000). The injuries occurred when the plaintiff, then age 28, working as a painter fell from a ladder. The painter fra...
It was reported in Law 360 today that five employees of a McDonald's franchise in Oakland, California tested positive for COVID-19 and filed suit "alleging the franchise's owners forced highly contagious workers who had contracted the virus to keep working and gave workers face masks made from do...
A few months ago an appellate court agreed that a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice correctly addressed a gross injustice in a jury verdict that awarded an injured construction worker $4,144,141 for lost earnings and medical expenses but nothing for pain and suffering. This is called an inconsisten...
On April 9, 2020 an appellate court agreed that a Manhattan jury got it right in awarding over $3,000,000 to a 52 year old carpenter who was struck in the neck by a falling wooden plank. The accident occurred at a construction site on First Avenue as a result of an unprotected opening in the floo...
On February 5, 2020, an appeals court covering Suffolk County affirmed the dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint filed by a construction worker who was injured at a construction site. The bucket of an excavator struck the plaintiff's leg causing injuries. The attorney's who represented the p...
On January 16, 2020, a 42 year old union laborer, who suffered permanent injuries to his neck and shoulder, won his case as a matter of law under Labor Law Section 240 (1), leaving only the amount of just compensation to be determined at a jury trial. The accident happened at a construction site ...
On November 14, 2019, an appellate court covering Bronx County cases, held that a construction worker had demonstrated entitlement to a pre-trial ruling that the NYC Housing Authority failed to properly protect him from a fall off a 10 foot high sidewalk bridge. This means that a jury trial will ...
On October 3, 2019, a Nassau County Judge found a general contractor liable as a matter of law for the injuries suffered by a 46 year old construction worker who fell while working on the roof of a mansion in Old Westbury, New York. The plaintiff testified that neither he or any of the other roof...
On August 15, 2018, the appellate court covering Suffolk County upheld the Order of Justice Tarantino which lopped off $2,200,000 from a jury verdict. The Suffolk County jury awarded a then 46 year old construction worker $4,200,000 for injuries suffered when he fell two feet from a scaffold....
On May 25, 2018, a Kings County jury awarded $15,228,000 to a concrete laborer who was injured on a construction site in December, 2014. The plaintiff, then age 50, was erecting exterior walls for a new building. An unsecured plank fell from a scaffold and struck the plaintiff which knocked him ...
On January 18, 2018, a Manhattan Judge declared that the MTA was responsible for the injuries suffered by a sandhog who fell off an unsecured 8 foot straight metal ladder. The sandhog proved that while attempting to gain access to an elevated height (where he was required to spray concrete) in a ...
On January 25, 2018, an appellate court covering Manhattan upheld the decision of a Judge finding that a property owner was responsible as a matter of law for the injuries suffered by an electrician who was struck in the head by an electrical transformer that fell on his head. Labor Law 240 (1) w...
On November 27, 2017 a New York County Supreme Court Justice held a general contractor liable, as a matter of law, for a construction workers fall from an unsecured ladder. The only issue for a jury to determine is the amount of money damages owed to the worker. The worker was up on a ladder cov...
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