Did you know that more fatalities occur in the construction industry than any other industry? 1,069 fatalities occurred in the construction industry in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This included 410 deaths due to trips, slips and falls, and 243 transportation incidents.
If you’re pursuing a construction accident case for yourself or the death of a loved one, it’s important to have an experienced construction accident lawyer on your side.
Things you’ll want to look for in a lawyer include:
- Experience handling construction accidents
- Attention to detail
- A track record of success
- Excellent communication
- Someone who cares
- Free consultations
- Customer testimonials
- Willingness to go to court
Call us today for a free consultation if you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a construction accident. Our law firm will handle your construction accident case on a contingency fee basis, meaning you won’t be charged any fee until and unless we recover money for you.
Experience Handling Construction Accidents
Construction sites can be very dangerous. Safety can be jeopardized by falling objects, heavy equipment and hazardous materials. Common hazards include falls, electrocutions and being caught between or in objects.
Construction site accidents can be life-changing and severe. Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, paralysis, amputations and fractures are common. Lawyers with experience helping construction accident victims understand how these accidents can profoundly affect victims’ lives and know how to handle high-value cases in order to recover fair compensation.
If you are thinking of hiring a construction accident lawyer, the ideal lawyer will have experience with parts of the law which are specific to proving others’ liability. In order to handle these cases properly, they need to know about:
- Workers’ compensation claims
- Local and federal regulations and laws
- Up-to-date industry safety standards
- Interviewing witnesses
- Collecting evidence
Construction site accidents can involve serious injuries which can have profound financial impacts upon victims’ lives. Because if this, it’s vital that the lawyer you choose to handle your personal injury claim have experience handling cases like yours since if you get your choice of lawyer wrong, it could mean a lifetime of debt.
Our lawyers have been providing legal representation to victims of construction accidents since 1990. We have the resources and experience to recover the most compensation possible for injured construction workers. Call us today for a free consultation.
Attention to Detail
Your construction site accident lawyer should be capable of evaluating your claim’s facts. So, they need to know what type of evidence to search for. Many factors typically contribute to accidents. When determining if a specific party caused your accident or safety measures got ignored, personal injury lawyers will:
- Visit the accident site
- Talk to eyewitnesses and employees
- Review how qualified those on-site when the accident occurred are
- Recover the scene’s surveillance footage
- Figure out if defective equipment was involved
- Investigate if proper inspections were done on machinery
- Obtain the accident report
- Hire experts in construction accident reconstruction
Knowledge regarding how construction site accidents occur helps lawyers build cases. For example:
- Inadequate signage or faulty drivers can cause vehicle accidents at construction sites
- Crush injuries or electrocution can be caused by equipment malfunctions
- Being exposed to dangerous chemicals can cause various injuries
- Fires can cause burns
- People can fall due to badly constructed scaffolding
A Track Record of Success
If you want to hire the best construction accident attorney possible, you’ll want to hire lawyers with a track record of success handling construction accident cases. You’ll want to hire attorneys who have proven time and time again that they’re capable of recovering compensation for their clients’ medical expenses, lost wages, pain, suffering and more.
These cases are very unique and involve very specific areas of personal injury law, so just because a lawyer is successful in other case types, it doesn’t mean they’ll succeed with construction accident cases.
Our lawyers have been handling construction accident cases for over 30 years and have recovered over $750,000,000 for injured clients. We get our clients to doctors who treat their injuries without charging them until their cases are over. Doctors do this for our clients because they know about our track record of success. Almost all of our cases settle out of court. Defendants settle out of court with us because they know about our track record of success. Call us today for a free consultation.
Excellent Communication
It’s vital that you hire a law firm with excellent communication.
Your lawyer needs to be able to keep you in the loop, guide you every step of the way, and have negotiation skills when it comes time to negotiate a settlement.
Our professional, polite lawyers and staff always quickly respond to phone calls, texts or emails, keeping our clients informed about every important development in their cases. While we do virtually all of the work for our clients, in the rare cases we need something from our clients, we guide them carefully and patiently through the entire process.
We have been negotiating settlements for clients since 1990. We will fight like bulldogs for you, not backing down during negotiations, in order to recover the most compensation possible for you.
Someone Who Cares
It’s very important to hire a construction accident attorney who cares about your individual case.
In addition to getting you financial compensation, they should be helping you get the medical help you need. We work with a network of the finest doctors in California who treat our clients on a lien, meaning no fee is charged for treatment until your case ends.
Your lawyer should be able to offer you support and reassurance. We’re often told by our clients that we make them feel like family. Our caring, compassionate lawyers and staff will give you and your case the attention they deserve, no matter the value of your case.
Free Consultation
You’ll want to hire a lawyer who offers free consultations, as this lets you call and hire a lawyer at no risk to you.
We are contingency fee lawyers. This means that we will not charge you any fee to handle your construction accident claim until and unless we recover financial compensation on your behalf. The only fee we’ll charge is a percentage of whatever money we recover for you, so we’ll never charge you any upfront fee or out-of-pocket fee.
There’s no risk involved in calling us for a free case evaluation. Call us today.
Customer Testimonials
It’s important to hire a lawyer who has customer testimonials. Testimonials from customers are a reflection of the quality of a lawyer.
Visit our customer testimonials page to find out more about the quality of legal representation we can provide you.
Willingness to Go to Court
When many construction accidents occur, the liable party, whether it be an equipment manufacturer or general contractor, will try to quickly settle the claim outside of court. They will end up offering a tiny sum to the victim, hoping that things will go away.
A quality lawyer will not let this occur. They will have been negotiating settlements for decades and will know when offers are rotten.
However, sometimes, aggressive negotiations will fail. When this occurs, a court battle will be necessary. When defendants deny claims, the next step is typically litigation.
When trials occur, stakes are high. You need lawyers with experience in litigation in order to prove liability and fight for fair compensation.
Our lawyers have decades of experience handling construction accident claims and have a commitment to recovering the compensation that you deserve. Call us today for a free consultation in order to talk about your case details, the best steps you can take and how we are able to help you.
Other Traits to Look For
A good lawyer will be able to assign liability and identify any and all liable parties. Multiple parties may be involved in your accident. Forepersons or managers may be liable when safety measures get ignored. Manufacturers may be liable when faulty parts cause accidents. Your attorney will look into if on-site workers were qualified, if safety procedures got followed and if any equipment was faulty.
Also, good lawyers understand how important it is to conduct independent investigations. You shouldn’t rely on someone who just uses police reports to build cases. Independent investigations are needed to preserve and find crucial evidence that proves another party caused your accident. It’s necessary to determine fault to recover compensation in your case.
When necessary, your lawyers will utilize experts to help them with their investigation. This will include financial advisers, medical professionals and accident reconstruction experts. This will make sure all evidence is uncovered which can prove liability and recover the most compensation possible.
Injured in a Construction Accident? We Can Help
Call us today for a free consultation if you or a loved one got hurt or killed in a construction accident. We can help you recover financial compensation for lost wages, medical bills, loss of earning capacity, pain, suffering, wrongful death and more.
We’ve been handling construction cases like yours for over three decades and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of injury victims like you. Our experience will let us recover as much money as possible for you.
Remember: you will not be charged any fee by us until and unless we obtain a recovery for you. Call us today.
Jeffrey Nadrich
Jeffrey Nadrich is a nationally-recognized California plaintiff’s personal injury attorney. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law. He has successfully represented thousands of injury clients over the last 40 years.
