Construction Accident Lawyers in Queens
Queens Construction Accident Attorneys
Working at a construction site in Queens comes with significant risk. From exposure to hazardous materials to operating heavy machinery, construction workers face the possibility of devastating injuries including broken bones, amputations, burns, and more. Severe accidents could even result in death.
If you’ve been injured or have lost a loved one in a construction accident and want to seek compensation, you need a construction accident attorney who has experience with complex personal injury cases in Queens.
Causes of Construction Accidents
A construction accident in Queens may relate back to any number of issues:
- Ladder accidents
- Scaffolding accidents
- Injury from falling objects
- Crane and forklift accidents or collapse
- Lack of safety equipment provided by employer
- Improper safety practices of employer
- Burns, electrocution, or explosion-related injury
Why Hire a Lawyer To Fight the Insurance Company?
Getting Compensated for Injuries While On The Job
Protecting Your Interests Following a Construction Site Injury
Though the claims process is often lengthy, there are steps you can take immediately following an accident to protect your rights to compensation:
- Make note of relevant details. Think broken scaffolding, ripped harnesses, unsecured objects, etc.
- Take the names and contact information of witnesses.
- If you have your phone on you, take pictures of your injuries and surroundings.
All of these details can help strengthen your case in the event the insurer denies your claim.
The Stages of a Personal Injury Claim
After you meet with a member of our team, we will file the initial court papers on your behalf and respond to other answers, complaints or motions. We will then proceed to the discovery stage, in which we gather all available evidence to establish the facts of your case.
When it’s possible and makes sense, we can settle your case out of court for full value. However, if the third-party refuses to settle for a fair amount, we are ready to aggressively pursue a favorable outcome in court.
Construction Accident Questions?
We Have Answers
What are some of the common types of accidents?
Construction sites pose innumerable dangers to workers. However, accidents typically fall into four categories. Per OSHA, the top four are as follows:
- Falls: Such as a fall from ladder or scaffold or through an opening.
- Caught In-Between: Such as being crushed by equipment.
- Struck-By: Such as a falling object/debris.
- Electrocution.
Can I recover compensation beyond workers’ compensation?
Many employers will have you believe that workers’ compensation is the only means through which you can recover compensation following a construction accident. This is not true. Workers’ comp limits your recovery to medical bills, disability and lost income. However, our team can help you identify other liable parties and file a third-party lawsuit for the following types of damages:
- Rehabilitation
- PTSD
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional duress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium (if you lost a loved one in a construction accident)
Mistakes people make after an accident (don’t do these!)
Just as there are things you can do to strengthen your case, there are things you can do — or not do — to hurt your case. Below are the top four:
- Not reporting your accident to your supervisor
- Not seeking medical attention
- Not reporting to and filing a claim with workers’ compensation
- Not seeking the representation of an experienced New York personal injury lawyer
Your account of events and medical report can go a long way toward establishing negligence.
The Daniella Levi & Associates, P.C., Difference
When you entrust Daniella Levi & Associates, P.C., with your case, you will not just get an experienced and qualified attorney (though you will get that too), rather, you will get an aggressive and supportive advocate who truly cares about the outcome of your case. We know that nothing about your current situation is easy, but we strive to make it less difficult by doing the following:
- Offering free initial consultations.
- Working on a contingency fee basis.
- Maintaining a strong network of qualified professionals.
- Aggressively pursuing high-dollar verdicts and awards in and out of the courtroom.
- Always be available 24/7 for our client.
- Daniella and Eli are both available for a Zoom or Skype conference call M-F 9-6, schedule an appointment here.
Our passion for upholding the rights of victims is what truly sets us apart from other NYC construction accident attorneys.
I received an amazing settlement in less than a year. I couldn’t be happier and more thankful to Daniella Levi and Associates. I have already referred friends and family…
Daniella Levi and Associates are great lawyers! The monetary judgments and awards they have gotten for difficult cases has been very high…
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Directions to Daniella Levi & Associates P.C.
If you’re coming from the Utopia area, take Utopia Pkwy south to Union Tpke, then head west for approx. 2 miles. The office is just before the FDNY Engine 315 & Ladder 124 station. If you’re coming from the area of Queens County Criminal Court, take Queens Blvd north to Grand Central Pkwy, then pick up Union Tpke. Cross over Jackie Robinson Pkwy, and our law office will be about 0.5 miles down on the right-hand side.
About Queens
Queens NY is located in Queens County, New York.
- Population (approx.): 2,273,000
- Geo-coordinates: 40.7282°N, 73.7949°W
- Postcodes: 11005, 11357, 11429
Things to Do and See around Town
- Carnesecca Arena (near Union Turnpike and 174th Street): A 5,602-seat multi-purpose arena in the borough of Queens, Built-in 1961 and renamed in honor of Hall of Fame Coach Lou Carnesecca on November 23, 2004.
- Belson Stadium (near Union Turnpike and 176th Street): A soccer-specific stadium located along Utopia Parkway in Jamaica, Queens. The Stadium is built on top of a parking garage to save space in a crowded urban environment.
- Jack Kaiser Stadium (near Utopia Parkway and 80th Drive): A baseball stadium located on the campus St. John’s University near the neighborhoods of Jamaica and Fresh Meadows. Formerly used by the now-defunct Queens Kings minor league team in its inaugural season.
- St. John’s University (New York City) (near 170th Street and 81st Avenue): A private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1870.
- Hillcrest Jewish Center Day Camp (near Union Turnpike and 183rd Street): Based out of the Hillcrest Jewish Center in Queens.
- Fresh Meadows, Queens (near 192nd Street and 73rd Avenue): A residential neighborhood in the northeastern section of Queens.
- Robert F. Kennedy Community High School (near Parsons Boulevard and 76th Avenue): A community public high school, residing in District 25 of the neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, NY.
Airports
- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- LaGuardia Airport
- Teterboro Airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport
Nearby Rail Stations
- Jamaica Station (AirTrain) which is on 93-43 Sutphin Boulevard, New York.
- Federal Circle Station
- Terminal 7 which is on Terminal 7, Queens.
- Terminal 1
- Lefferts Blvd Station
- Howard Beach Station
- JFK Terminal 8
- JFK Terminal 4
- JFK Terminal 2
Nearby Schools
- St. John’s University School of Law
- Thomas A. Edison High School (Queens)
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
- Jamaica High School
- Summit School (Queens)
- The Mary Louis Academy
- Queens College, City University of New York
- Hillcrest High School (Queens)
- The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens
- Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim
- Francis Lewis High School
- Thomas A. Edison High School
Nearby Towns and Suburbs
- Fresh Meadows is to the north.
- Hillside is 1 mile to the south.
- Kew Gardens Hills is 1 mile to the west.
- Briarwood is 1 mile to the south-west.
- Hollis is 1 mile to the south-east.
- Kew Gardens is 2 miles to the south-west.
- Bellaire is 2 miles to the south-east.
- Jamaica is 2 miles to the south.
- Richmond Hill is 2 miles to the south-west.
- Queens Village is 2 miles to the east.
- Bayside is 2 miles to the north.
- Forest Hills is 3 miles to the west.
- Rego Park is 3 miles to the west.
- Corona is 3 miles to the west.
- Douglaston is 3 miles to the north-east.
- Cambria Heights is 3 miles to the south-east.
- Little Neck is 4 miles to the north-east.
- Woodhaven is 4 miles to the south-west.