Construction Accident
Nov 14, 2019OUTCOME: $3,100,000
$3,100,000 awarded to a union construction worker injured in a fall. Our client, a 27-year-old Local 731 union laborer, was pouring cement for the conversion of a hospital into luxury residential apart ... ments in Manhattan when he stepped into an exposed opening causing his entire body to impact the ground. As a result of the incident, he suffered shoulder, neck and back injuries requiring conservative treatment, numerous injections and ultimately surgeries to his shoulder and cervical spine. During the course of litigation, the defendants requested that we attend a mediation. We appeared and presented our case in front of an agreed upon neutral Mediator. The mediation went on for hours and the defendants presented us with their last offer of $750,000.00. We advised our client to reject the offer. He agreed, and we walked out of the mediation having rejected the offer on behalf of our client. Thereafter, we continued to aggressively litigate the case. On the eve of trial, a second mediation was held at the request of the defendants. Jury selection was to commence on 11/14/2019 in Queens Supreme Court. On November 4, 2019, just ten days prior to jury selection, our firm obtained a $3,100,000 settlement at the mediation.