Raphaelson's Legal team uses Staten Island courtroom to recreate scene of accident, persuades jury that defendants were 100% responsible for client's accident. Firm garners multi-million dollar settlements for dozens of clients who have been injured, or killed, on the job
A Staten Island, N.Y. jury awarded a verdict of $1,140,000 to a career union paperhanger who was injured at a New York City construction site in 2004.
The case, Sigismondi v. J.T. Magen Construction Company et al (Index No. 102557/05, Cal. No. 74046), centered around an accident that occurred when Mr. Sigismondi was carrying a large roll of wallpaper in an area of a construction site that was supposed to have been made safe for the many contractors working at the site. Mr. Sigismondi tripped on materials that should have been removed or safeguarded, suffering trauma to both knees that required arthroscopic surgery and knee replacements.
The plaintiff was represented by Howard Raphaelson, founder of The Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm and a highly regarded attorney who has successfully represented thousands of clients in various personal injury lawsuits.
According to Raphaelson, the defendant's attorneys refused to consider settlement and insisted that a jury would hold Mr. Sigismondi at fault for the accident. Raphaelson's legal team pressed on with the case to a jury trial, confident they could bring to bear their firm's extensive resources and vast experience in personal injury litigation to prevail in the case.
"New York State laws," Raphaelson said, "have consistently upheld the rights of those who build, repair, restore and modernize the general infrastructure of our city, and these rights are recognized in labor laws that protect those injured during construction."
Raphaelson, who founded the law firm in 1992 added that, “In this case, we were able to use the courtroom to recreate the scene on the morning of the accident, visually illustrating how the contractors on the job site had failed to maintain a safe working environment. The jury agreed and held the defendants 100% responsible for our client's accident."
In fact, The New York construction accident law firm of Raphaelson & Levine has prevailed in dozens of situations, some yielding multi-million dollar settlements, for clients who were injured, or killed, on a job site.
In one instance, among many, the firm secured a $2,225,000.00 settlement for a client who fell more than 45 feet from a scaffold and broke bones in his knee, back and neck, hip, injured his spinal cord and suffered a 24” laceration to his left leg.
In another instance, the firm garnered a $1,140,000.00 settlement for a client who was seriously injured in a fall on route through what was supposed to be an inspected area to insure safe passage of workers, particularly those carrying heavy materials like rolls of wallpaper.
A $1,350,000 settlement was awarded to a 22-year-old elevator mechanic who was represented by Raphaelson & Levine. The young man sustained permanent injuries when a falling elevator counterweight struck him in the face during renovation of the elevator.
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