Construction Accident Lawyers in Queens

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.

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)

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.

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.