Our client fell 45 feet from unstable scaffolding at a construction site in Rockland County, NY, and was seriously injured. He broke bones in his neck, back and knee, fractured his hip and spinal cord and suffered a 12-centimeter laceration of the left leg. He underwent multiple surgeries to put in, and then take out, hardware used to fuse and mend his broken bones; and to treat the deep cut. He lives with chronic pain, motion loss and he can’t lift heavy objects, all of which makes it impossible for him to return to his old job.
He hired the New York Construction Accident attorneys at Raphaelson & Levine to represent him in a lawsuit against Pontiac Holding L.L.C. the general contractor, and Bradley Corp Park, the property owner. The matter proceeded to mediation and despite an aggressive defense -- in what is typically a very plaintiff unfriendly county -- our client was awarded $2,250,000 in Rockland Supreme Court. The defendants were found in violation of Labor Law codes 240(1) and 241(6), which require employers to provide workers with safe equipment.
