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New York On the Job Injury Attorneys
Every year thousands of workers are killed or seriously injured on the job. This occurs even though many state and federal regulations, as well as industry standards, require employers to implement a wide variety of safety measures.
Workers' Compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are compensated for their monetary losses. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses. However, if you are employed in certain occupations, such as a railroad worker or crew person on a floating vessel, you are not covered under Workers Compensation but are covered under similar laws designed to provide compensation for your losses.
Although workers' compensation benefits aide employees while injured on the job, they are usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related accident.
Under New York State Law, employees cannot sue their employers for damages sustained as a result of a work-related accident. In order to receive reasonable compensation for their injuries, workers must commence lawsuits against parties other than their employer. In addition to workers' compensation benefits, additional damages that can be recovered in these lawsuits include pain and suffering, additional wage loss benefits, additional medical benefits and loss of services for the spouse.
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed on the job, the New York work accident lawyers at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, L.L.P., would like to meet with you. Please call our office at 212-986-7353 to set up an appointment to discuss your case.
Job Accident Verdicts & Settlements:
- On the Job Injury:
Scaffolding Accident
$2.2 Million Settlement
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Forklift Operator Injured
$1.95 Million Decision
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Worker Struck by Object
$1.3 Million Settlement
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Cargo Vehicle Accident on Airport Tarmac
$975,000 Settlement
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Cable Company Employee Falls Off Ladder
$850,000 Recovery
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Electrician Falls From Ladder
$575,000 Settlement
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Laborer Falls out of Cherry Picker
$550,000 Settlement
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Carpenter Slip & Fall
$500,000 Recovery
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Elevator Accident
$350,000 Settlement
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Worker Injury
$300,000 Settlement
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Injured on the Job
$258,000 Verdict
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Construction Accident Verdicts & Settlements:
- Construction Accident:
Labor Law
$18 Million Verdict
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Traumatic Brain Damage
$11.1 Million Verdict
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Worker Paralyzed in Fall
$8.2 Million Recovery
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Wrongful Death
$5 Million Recovery
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Worker Falls Through Floor
$2,950,000 Verdict
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Fall from Upper Floor During Home Building
$1.9 Million Recovery
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Fall from External Elevator Hoist
$1.7 Million Recovery
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Labor Law
$1.650 Million Recovery
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Falling Object Injury
$1.6 Million Settlement
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Man Killed in Fall From Scaffolding
$1.3 Million Settlement
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Man Killed in Explosion
$1.3 Million Settlement
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Scaffolding Accident
$1,200,000 Settlement
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Fall Down Elevator Shaft
$1.075 Million Recovery
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Bicycle Accident
$900,000 Verdict
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Worker Falls from Ladder
$895,000 Recovery
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Fall from Ladder
$825,000 Settlement
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Construction Worker Hit by Collapsing Wall
$800,000 Recovery
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Rigger Falls Off Sidewalk Bridge
$760,000 Recovery
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Labor Law
$750,000 Recovery
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Sheet Metal Work
$688,000 Recovery
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Construction Fall Injury
$640,000 Settlement
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Home Construction Site Injury
$637,000 Recovery
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Labor Law
$537,000 Recovery
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Man Struck by Falling Chain Link Fence
$400,000 Recovery
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Worker Falls On Site
$370,000 Settlement
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Worker Falls from Scaffold
$350,000 Settlement
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Plumber Trips and Falls at Construction Site
$330,000 Settlement
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Worker Struck By Falling Debris
$325,000 Settlement
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Scaffolding Accident
$300,000 Settlement
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Fall from Defective Ladder
$210,000 Verdict
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Fall from Roof
$210,000 Settlement
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Construction Worker Injury
$200,000 Recovery
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