Attorney Slawomir Wieslaw Platta's Legal Cases

Personal injury

WAREHOUSE WORK RELATED ACCIDENT

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OUTCOME: $4,495,000

This case involved a work-related accident on Long Island at a warehouse. The plaintiff worker was 34-years old when the accident occurred. The owner of the building hired the plaintiff’s company to pe ... rform demolition work at the subject premises. This work involved demolishing the entire structure except for the four walls. Following the demolition work, a new roof was to be put on the structure and other construction work was to be performed so the structure could be used as a warehouse.

Personal injury

FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

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OUTCOME: $4,200,000

A 62-year-old man was injured while performing renovation work at a commercial property. He was working atop a scaffold when the scaffold shifted causing him to fall approximately six feet onto the flo ... or. The scaffold did not have guardrails around or above the platform. In addition, the scaffold was missing one of the brakes used for locking each of the wheels into place. As a result of his accident he sustained serious injuries to his head, wrist, shoulder, hip, neck, and back. He required fusion surgery to repair the damage in his neck, and a separate fusion surgery to repair the damage in his lower back.

Personal injury

FALL FROM A LADDER

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OUTCOME: $3,100,000

This case involved a fall from a ladder on a worksite. In 2016 the plaintiff worked as a painter. He was doing some finishing work on a multi-level floor. As he was climbing down an affixed ladder t ... o the lower level, he slipped and fell to the ground. We were able to show that this ladder, which was the only ladder available, was not safe. The defendant claimed that the ladder was safe and, if it wasn’t, there were multiple other ladders to use. As a result of the accident the plaintiff fractured his knee and underwent neck surgery for his herniated discs.

Personal injury

DESCENT FROM LADDER

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OUTCOME: $3,000,000

The plaintiff was working for a construction company performing renovation work at a public housing complex when he was caused to fall off an unsecured extension ladder. The surface upon which the lad ... der was resting was unstable, and the worker tasked with holding the ladder was unable to keep it upright. The construction field supervisor conceded during his deposition that the ladder should have been attached securely to the building with a safety line. As a result of the accident, the plaintiff suffered serious injuries to his head, shoulder, lower back, and neck, which required two separate fusion surgeries to repair.

Personal injury

MIS-LEVELING ELEVATOR

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OUTCOME: $2,920,000

A woman was injured when she tripped over a mis-leveling elevator in a luxury apartment building in which she worked as a caretaker for a special needs child. As she was walking into the elevator the ... floor of the elevator suddenly jumped up several inches. Plaintiff’s foot got caught on the raised portion of the elevator floor causing her to trip and fall violently into the elevator. She sustained serious injuries, including fractures to her arm, and head, knee, neck, and back injuries. She had surgeries to her wrist, knee, and neck as a result of this accident.

Trucking accident

MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT

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OUTCOME: $1,000,000

This case involved a multi-vehicle accident that when a truck lost two of its rear wheels. The wheels bounced towards plaintiff’s vehicle. When he slowed to avoid collision with the wheels, he was rea ... r-ended by a tractor-trailer. As a result of the accident plaintiff sustained severe and permanent injuries, including disc protrusions in the neck that required a fusion surgery and tears in the shoulder that required arthroscopic surgery. The case proceeded to trial.

Personal injury

FALLING WINDOW SILL

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OUTCOME: $2,500,000

A mason was injured while moving a large window sill (weighing 450-500 lbs) down a flight of stairs by hand with a co-worker. The workers had to move this sill by hand as the forklift operator had bee ... n laid off and there was no other licensed forklift operator on site. As they were moving the sill, plaintiff’s co-worker lost his grip and the sill fell towards the plaintiff striking him on his left foot and knocking him onto the concrete. Plaintiff suffered fractures in his left foot/ankle which required two surgeries and injuries to his neck and back, which required fusion surgery to his neck.

Wrongful death

LADDER FALL

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OUTCOME: $1,850,000

This case involved a construction worker who was injured when the unsecured ladder upon which he was working slid out from under him, causing him to fall down with the ladder. Plaintiff was granted su ... mmary judgment on the issue of liability. Plaintiff suffered open fractures of his left tibia and fibula, the bones protruding through his skin, and dislocation of his left shoulder. Plaintiff required three surgeries to his left leg as well as surgeries to both shoulders. As a result, he had instability in his leg and later fell and sustained intracranial trauma which led to his death.

Slawomir Wieslaw Platta's Legal Cases (8)

WAREHOUSE WORK RELATED ACCIDENT

FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

FALL FROM A LADDER

DESCENT FROM LADDER

MIS-LEVELING ELEVATOR

MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT

FALLING WINDOW SILL

LADDER FALL