Construction Workers’ Injuries

Construction workers provide an important service. They dig the tunnels, they pave the roads, they build the buildings. Without construction workers, New York would not be the great city that it is. But while construction workers provide a critical service to the city, they do not have the safest job. Far from it. Accidents at

A 25-year-old construction worker on the construction site of a Midtown Manhattan luxury hotel fell to his death down an elevator shaft on Tuesday afternoon.   Christian Gisci of Jersey City was working on the 24th floor of the Riu Plaza Times Square, located at 301 West 46th Street, when he fell hundreds of feet

A negligent act by an owner and general contractor killed yet another construction worker.  An Irish man has died in New York City after part of a crane fell on top of him. The man has been named as 40-year-old Trevor Loftus. Mr. Loftus owned a construction company and worked between New York and West Limerick over

Construction workers work hard; they build the buildings and infrastructure that is essential for other New Yorkers. But construction work is not the safest profession. Every day construction workers step onto the job site, they are at risk of a wide range of serious, even fatal, injuries. When those risks become a reality, injured workers

Ideally New Yorkers wake up, go to work and then come home safely. But not everyone is so fortunate. Sometimes accidents happen. Sometimes construction workers do not come home. When a construction accident leads to death, the loved ones of the deceased may be able to pursue a wrongful death suit. Doing so can be

New Yorkers are used to construction because on any given day, crews can be seen constructing new buildings, repairing older buildings and doing just about everything in between. But, all of that construction comes at a cost, which sometimes mean injured workers. Construction workers hurt in a construction and the families of those who were

New York is blessed with one of the world’s great skylines. But that skyline has come with a price paid in blood and tears: the blood of those hurt and killed in construction accidents and the tears of those who mourn the fallen. Take, for example, an elderly father who recently wept on the stand

New Yorkers take pride in their work. Day in and day out, they go to work and get the job done. But sometimes bad things happen; sometimes workers get hurt from on-the-job injuries. Sometimes the injury is minor, other times fatal. In fact, fatalities happen more than most people might think. In 2013, for instance,

Construction work in New York is a thriving industry that provides jobs and a valuable service to the city. These workers take pride in their craft, work hard and face the risks of a somewhat dangerous job without complaint. Given the nature of the work, there is a constant possibility for construction injuries from large

Over the last several years, the number of construction site accidents has been on the rise.  This is due to more projects being started in New York, as well as owners and contractors failing to make sure proper safety measures are being taken. The attorneys of Morgan Levine Dolan have successfully won millions of dollars