Falls from suspended scaffolds. Pipe-scaffold collapse. Defective planking. Missing guardrails. Unsteady rolling Bake or Baker scaffolds. NY's scaffold law — known nationally as 'the construction safety law' — imposes ABSOLUTE liability on owners and general contractors for scaffold-related gravity injuries. Comparative negligence is no defense. Your immigration status does not matter.
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Site safety logs, OSHA accident reports, GC and sub-contract chain, fall-protection equipment (preserved), and witness statements from co-workers. Immigration status is NEVER discoverable.
Owner/GC carriers know is strict. We document the gravity-related elevation differential and the inadequate-or-missing safety device — and negotiate against $5M+ wrap-up policies.
construction-injury claims often go to summary judgment on liability. Then we try damages only. Powerful procedure when it applies.
Every case is different. The recoverable damages depend on your injuries, the insurance available, and the facts of your case.
Whether you fell from a suspended scaffold, the planking gave way, the rolling scaffold tipped over, or guardrails were absent — imposes strict liability when an inadequate or missing safety device caused a gravity-related injury. The owner and general contractor are liable as a matter of law.
You can collect Workers' Comp from your employer AND sue the property owner and general contractor under NY's scaffold law. Two recoveries from two different defendants. We handle both.
NY courts have ruled (Balbuena v. IDR Realty) that immigration status does not bar a construction-injury claim and is generally NOT discoverable. We protect that from day one.
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