Construction Accident Lawyer Comments On Brooklyn Trench Accident

May 25, 2016 – – Tom J. Moverman of LipsigLawyers.com commented on an accident in Brooklyn which left a construction worker in critical condition.

On April 22nd, 2016, a man working on a construction site just down the road from the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, fell fifteen feet into a trench due to a series of unfortunate events. The accident occurred when a construction truck hit a suspended cable line, causing a loose pole to fall. The pole then struck the worker and knocked him into the trench.

The scene of this accident was so close to the hospital that when a call came through to the emergency room alerting doctors that they would soon have a patient with serious injuries, one of the ER doctors ran down the street and climbed into the trench with the injured worker in order to stabilize his spine. He then helped emergency crews place the worker on a backboard so he could be lifted out of the trench.

This man isn’t the first to be injured in a trench in New York. Falls into and the collapse of trenches result in a startling number of injuries each year. Mr. Moverman of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus, & Moverman P.C. has been working with the victims of accidents in trenches for years. “There has been a rise in construction accidents recently because people aren’t being held accountable for their actions,” reported Mr. Moverman. “In order to prevent future accidents, the responsible party should be held liable for the injuries a worker has suffered.”

In a recent complaint, his firm was able to obtain a favorable verdict for their client, a man who suffered injuries to his face, chest, back, neck, and shoulders when a trench collapsed on him due to inadequate shoring. At the end of a three-week trial, a jury awarded $20,000,000 in compensation for the client’s pain and suffering, medical expenses, and lost wages.

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