Category: Construction Accident
March 13, 2014
A New Ruling Will Raise Protections; Carpenters / Concrete Workers
A ruling out of the New York Court of Appeals earlier this year regarding New York Labor Law § 241(6) will result in increased legal protections for...
February 18, 2014
Hach & Rose LLP Settles $1.2 Million Case For Const. Worker
In a case that attorneys David Cheverie and Michael Rose from , recently settled, a construction worker was awarded $1.2 million for a back injury that...
February 18, 2014
Two Accidents to Same Body Part Doesn’t Mean Discount for Construction Worker or Anyone Else
David Cheverie and Michael Rose recently settled a case for $1,200,000 on behalf of a construction worker who injured his back when he slipped and...
November 6, 2013
Hach & Rose, LLP, Secured a $2.5M Settlement for a Union Worker
The plaintiff was a union-employed sheet-metal worker assigned to a building construction project in midtown Manhattan. While walking on the building’s roof, the plaintiff slipped...
November 5, 2013
Tunnel Worker Injuries and Filing Legal Claims
Unfortunately, the men and women who work for Laborers’ Local 147, also known as the New York City Sandhogs, are all too often put in...
October 25, 2013
H&R Represented and Obtained a $3,475M Settlement for Carpenter
A 35-year-old union affiliated carpenter (Plaintiff) was working on a construction site at Brooklyn Borough Hall when he fell off of a temporary roof, plummeting...
October 14, 2013
$2,000,000 Settlement for an Engineer who Fell from a Ladder while Repairing a Garage Door
While the Plaintiff, a 47-year-old operating engineer and a union member, was standing on a ladder and repairing a garage door, the ladder shifted, causing the...
October 9, 2013
Hach & Rose, LLP Represented A Worker To Win a $2.1M Settlement
The Plaintiff was repairing a door located in the school’s basement. The door was 10 feet above the basement floor and accessible via a metal...
October 8, 2013
$2,000,000 for a Construction Site Worker Hit By a Pipe
A worker, who is a union-affiliated sheet-metal specialist, who worked at a construction site installing ventilation ducts had a 6-pound metal elbow joint from a...
October 4, 2013
Injured Plaintiff Awarded $13 Million for Injuries Sustained After Fall off Ladder
, achieved a $13 million verdict on behalf of a 56-year-old engineer’s assistant and his wife. Our firm successfully contended that the plaintiff’s employer violated...
September 25, 2013
$800,000 for Injured Construction Worker who Fell Off a Ladder
A construction worker was working at a basement extension project. The worker fell from a 6-foot-tall ladder mounted on top of a scaffold, landing on...
September 11, 2013
H&R, LLP, Obtains a $1.5M Settlement for an Injured Worker
This case involved a 48-year-old school operating engineer who was severely burned after falling on hot water that leaked out of a sump pump attached...