New York Unsafe Equipment Accident Attorneys

Every year thousands of workers are killed or seriously injured due to unsafe equipment. This occurs even though many state and federal regulations, as well as industry standards, require companies to implement a wide variety of safety measures.

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, such as property owners, general contractors, sub-contractors, architects, and equipment manufactures who may be held responsible when an accident occurs. 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.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in all types of on the job accidents. We handle a variety of accident cases including unsafe equipment, plant explosions, machine malfunction, and chemical spills that result in injuries such as spinal cord and back injuries, burns, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, traumatic brain injuries, paraplegia, quadriplegia and paralysis.

If you or a loved one has been injured due to unsafe equipment, the New York equipment accident injury attorneys 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.

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