Posts Tagged ‘fractured shoulder’

Undocumented Construction Worker Who Fell Off Scaffold Receives Life-Altering $1 Million Settlement

Friday, January 11th, 2019

O.Q., an Undocumented construction worker from Mexico, was working at a construction site in Staten Island. O.Q. was instructed by his employer to complete work on top of an improperly balanced scaffold without any safety equipment. O.Q. followed instructions and while drilling, the scaffold became wobbly and he fell to the ground. He sustained head injuries and multiple fractures.

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Brooklyn Resident Recovers Six-figure Settlement After Fall at Private Residence

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

A 45-year-old father of three, “R.T.,” was a guest at a family dinner when he slipped on a napkin holder carelessly left at the top of a flight of stairs leading to the basement, falling all the way down them. R.T.’s fall resulted in fractures to his humerus, shoulder, elbow, and ribs.

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Sanitation Worker Well-Compensated for His Fall In A Parking Lot

Monday, November 27th, 2017

A 43 year old sanitation worker fell in a pothole on a sanitation parking lot. After the fall his co-worker drove him to the hospital. Doctors at the hospital told him that he had right knee and right shoulder injuries. J.S was afraid that he could no longer be able to work to support his young daughters, so he started looking for the best attorneys to help him pursue a personal injury claim, since as an employee with Department of Sanitation was not covered by Worker’s Compensation..

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Bronx Resident Who Slipped and Fell On Ice Outside New York City Housing Authority Building Received $250,000 Settlement

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

New York Slip and Fall AttorneysOn a cold winter day in December, J.H. was walking home from work when she slipped and fell on an icy, defective sidewalk, near her New York City Housing Authority apartment building. Due to the combination of the snow and defective condition, J.H. fell to the ground and sustained significant injures. J.H. fractured her shoulder.

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Construction Worker Injured on Demolition Worksite by a Piece of Falling Debris, Awarded $900,000 Under Labor Law §240(1) and §241(6)

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

New York Personal Injury AttorneysE. Smart, suffered a fracture of the right shoulder blade while erecting a scaffold in an underground parking lot at a construction site in Bronx, NY. As Mr. Smart was working, a piece of concrete column debris, which was being demolished from above ground, fell onto his right shoulder, resulting in, not only a fracture, but also the need for surgery.

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Slip and Fall In Icy Parking Lot In Brooklyn Results in $125,000 Settlement

Friday, April 22nd, 2016

New York Slip and Fall AttorneysOn the day following a snow storm, Mr. B was walking from his apartment to his parked car when he unexpectedly slipped on a patch of ice. The parking lot of Mr. B’s building was inadequately cleaned and this negligence resulted in Mr. B’s slip and fall. As a result of his fall, Mr. B suffered a rotator cuff tear, as well as a partial tear of the biceps tendon.

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