The Accident Law Specialist

In America, one profession more than any other has a daily danger attached to it like no other and I am not talking about Police or Fire Officers but the construction industry, where workers face more hazards every day than any other industry. These places are so dangerous that New York State decided to create a whole new set of laws governing construction sites as the number of accidents that can happen is staggering.

Probably the most common of injuries are falls but injury and often death can come from any direction including electrocution, explosions, faulty equipment and even the loss of limbs. If you are injured, the first thing you need to do is document what happened and the conditions that caused it and in this sense, a construction site injury is much like any other.

Unfortunately it is one of those situations where the more information you have recorded about the incident the better the chances of compensation are. Specifically, information on what machinery was being used at the time, were all safety measures carried out and of course witness statements which are particularly useful if a claim is made against malfunctioning equipment. Don't decide yourself how important each fact is, that is for your accident lawyer to decide upon as every piece of information you can give them will help build the case.

Finding an attorney that is a specialist in accident law is your best way forward as this is their area of expertise and you can usually expect superior results. As this is a complicated area of law and more than one person could be held responsible, you do not want to leave anything to chance which may happen if you choose a lawyer with little or no accident law experience.

Unfortunately, the law forbids any legal suits against employers and this has the effect that many people who are injured are reluctant to pursue compensation claims not realizing that other people can be held to account for accidents on a construction site. People you are fully at liberty to make a claim against for injury are the third party companies like contractors, owners of property and equipment manufacturers / suppliers for example.

If you are a construction worker in the State of New York you should consider yourself lucky as you have them on your side when it comes to safety issues regarding construction sites and have made it clear that the responsibility for a safe site is down to the owner of the site and the general contractor. With these laws, no-one should really escape and if you are working for a subcontractor who has supplied you with unsafe equipment which was the cause of the accident then they will be held responsible. Manufacturers that supply faulty equipment, especially when this problem is an ongoing situation are especially at risk from the accident lawyer as he can pursue them for compensation as well.

The best advice that can be given is to seek a company that has made successful lawsuits compensation claims in the past and is fully aware of the laws surrounding this area as well as whatever local laws you may be required to adhere to.