When you have suffered an injury while working at your construction job, you are probably feeling very concerned. You’re likely concerned about yourself and concerned about providing for your family, in addition to other concerns you inevitably have. Many of these concerns are financial, and can be addressed by pursuing,…
There is a type of mental image one gets when one thinks of a construction injury situation. The reader likely imagines a “hardhat” going to work at a large construction site and doing work on behalf of an employer whose only relationship to the worker is that of employer-employee. However,…
If you are familiar with New York construction law, you know this state has certain statutory sections that make it easier, in some specific situations, for construction workers hurt on the job to recover much-needed compensation for their injuries. One of the circumstances in which that can happen is if…
When you are injured while working at a construction site, it is very possible that there were multiple different entities working on that site. There may have been multiple different subcontractors in addition to a general contractor. One of the keys to achieving a successful result in your case, then,…
When you’re injured at a construction job, there may be various ways for you to seek damages, depending on the facts of your case. One option that may exist for you is a lawsuit asserting that you have a claim for damages under Labor Law Section 241(6). A claim under…
Scaffold work can be very dangerous. There are many events that can occur that can cause a worker on a scaffold to fall and suffer serious harm. Due to that very substantial risk of harm, New York law has some very broad protections for these sorts of workers. Section 240(1)…
The law in New York provides some very clear and strong protections for construction workers who are hurt on the job. The owner of the property where the work is taking place, as well as the general contractor on the project, has a responsibility under the law to provide workers…
New York has certain laws that protect construction workers. These laws do more, though, than just protect the men and women working with heavy equipment. As long as you are engaged in certain activities, you may be able to use these laws to your advantage in your injury case too,…
When you are injured at your construction job and need to file a lawsuit in order to obtain the compensation that the law allows you to receive, it helps to accumulate as many pieces of evidence as possible that back up your own assertions about what happened before and during…