Losing the family breadwinner can expose a household to serious financial risk. If you were injured in a work-related construction accident, trust the N.Y. law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg to pursue every dollar in compensation you are entitled to. Our track record for verdicts and settlements can be found below.

New York construction workers are given special legal rights under the New York State Labor Law, including the basic right to work at a safe construction site. Various sections of the law provide construction workers with legal protections against physical injury.

If you are hurt through no fault of your own and begin incurring medical bills and lost wages, you’ll need the help of a construction attorney skilled at winning large verdicts and settlements – a construction attorney like you'll find at the personal injury law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C.

Weitz & Luxenberg has championed the rights of injured construction workers since 1986. Since then, we’ve secured large compensation awards for accident victims in many states, including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Weitz & Luxenberg construction attorneys – Recent compensation awards:

$3 million jury verdict.

In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a 41-year-old laborer from Ecuador charged that a co-worker employed by the site’s owner negligently drove a forklift that turned over and amputating part of his leg. The jury found the work site owner liable for the accident and awarded the construction worker $2.96 million, which the worker applied toward rehabilitation.

$1.5 million court settlement.

A 47-year-old construction worker who fell off elevated train tracks on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway filed suit against various defendants that were responsible for the construction project. The worker’s injuries included cervical and spinal cord damage, which necessitated two surgeries and confined him to bed for months. The lawsuit, filed by construction lawyers with Weitz & Luxenberg, yielded a $1.5-million court settlement.

$505,000 jury verdict.

A 38-year-old construction worker suffered a vertebra compression fracture when he fell off an improperly secured ladder while employed by the defendant construction sub-contractor. He sustained substantial orthopedic injury to his foot, leaving him with a constant feeling of imbalance. Our construction lawyers secured a $505,000 verdict against two of the contractors involved in the suit.