Construction Accidents
$24,250,000
Settlement for an ironworker rendered quadriplegic as a result of a 50-foot fall.
$22,000,000
Combined settlement for seven masons injured when a masonry wall collapsed during construction due to high winds and the failure to properly brace the wall during construction.
$20,937,000
Verdict for an ironworker whose arm was severed by a 550-lb steel beam falling from a crane on a construction site. The arm was surgically re-attached but will not be fully functional.
$20,000,000
Settlement for a laborer who was paralyzed when a wall collapsed.
Successfully represented a welder denied benefits for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD).
$11,287,500
Settlement for a worker paralyzed when falling construction materials struck him at the waist.
$10,000,000
Settlement for a construction worker who fell through a floor decking opening and suffered a brain injury.
$9,250,000
For an ironworker who suffered mild brain damage and a neck injury that required a cervical fusion from a fall while setting structural steel.
$8,000,000
Combined settlement for a carpenter who was knocked off a wall by a crane during a residential construction project and rendered paraplegic.
$7,820,000
Settlement for a female construction worker who suffered the amputation of her arm when her arm became entangled in the gears of a crane due to the defective design of the safety guard.
$7,820,000
Settlement for a female construction worker who suffered the amputation of her arm when her arm became entangled in the gears of a crane due to defective design of the safety guard.
$7,500,000
Settlement on behalf of a union roofer who suffered a spinal fracture in a fall at a job site.
$7,173,000
Record jury verdict for an ironworker whose ankle was crushed when a steel I-beam fell over onto his leg due to unsafe ground conditions.
$6,700,000
Settlement in the wrongful death of an ironworker due to construction negligence.
$6,700,000
Verdict in the wrongful death of a worker due to construction negligence.
$6,700,000
Settlement for a construction worker crippled while working with a crane that had defective brake drums and cables.
$6,500,000
Settlement for two ironworkers injured when a portion of the building they were constructing fell on them.
$5,200,000
Settlement for a union painter killed when his scaffold collapsed.
$5,200,000
Settlement for a union pipefitter killed when his scaffold collapsed.
$5,100,000
Settlement for an ironworker who suffered a fracture and cognitive and speech disorders as the result of a head injury when a crane boom fell on him.
$4,500,000
Settlement – the full limits of insurance – for the wrongful death of an ironworker.
$4,500,000
Settlement for an apprentice ironworker who became paraplegic and subsequently died as the result of a fall while setting decking during the construction of a distribution center.
$4,250,000
Verdict for an ironworker who was impaled by a piece of rebar when he fell from the steel.
$4,065,000
Settlement for an ironworker who suffered a foot injury that developed into reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) when a bar joist fell on him as a result of improper ground conditions.
$3,800,000
Verdict for a pipefitter who was burned in an underground storage-tank explosion.
$3,650,000
Settlement for a construction worker who lost his leg during the installation of a jetway that had defective support at O’Hare Airport.
$3,500,000
Settlement for the death of a construction worker who fell from a building during construction as a result of improper safeguards and inadequate fall protection.
$3,300,000
Settlement for an ironworker who fractured both ankles in a 20-foot fall.
$3,242,000
Record jury verdict for a carpenter who severely injured an ankle in a construction accident.
$3,200,000
Settlement for a union ironworker who suffered extensive nerve damage on his dominant right arm while installing rebar in an unsafe work area.
$1,500,000
Settlement for a construction worker injured while descending a defectively designed ladder.
$1,250,000
Settlement for an ironworker who slipped on a conduit that was not properly secured to the deck.
$1,210,000
Settlement on behalf of a construction worker who was killed as a result of defective construction equipment, a manlift.
$1,100,000
Settlement for an ironworker who received a fractured ankle when a beam stored on uneven ground rolled onto the worker.
1,052,337.96
Settlement in a construction negligence case for a carpenter who slipped on his scaffold and suffered an aggravation to his lower back after the job site became wet when a water main had broken.
$1,050,000
Settlement for an ironworker who suffered low-back injuries when he slipped on ice while welding.
More than $1,000,000
Settlement for a construction worker injured when he was electrified when the boom of a crane came into contact with a power line and no proximity warning system was in place.
$900,000
Verdict for a road construction worker injured when he was struck by a concrete spreading machine on a job site.
$792,000
Verdict for a painter who injured his knee when he tripped on poor ground conditions at the job site; the offer prior to the jury trial was only $70,000.
$240,000
Settlement for a pedestrian who fell into a 6 ft. hole on a construction site because the site was not fenced off and the hole was not barricaded.