A carpenter was working on a construction project, helping to build and mount a new staircase in a residential building, when disaster struck. A massive 30-pound metal clamp came down and hit him directly in the head. What made this accident even more troubling was that he had been given no safety devices at all, not even a basic hard hat. On a job site where heavy materials were being lifted and moved overhead, this kind of protection wasn’t optional. It was essential. Without it, he had no defense against the very kind of accident that ended up hurting him.
The injuries he suffered, combined with the clear and serious safety failures that led to the accident, left very little room for doubt about what he deserved. The evidence spoke for itself: a worker doing his job, without the basic protection he was entitled to, was struck by a falling object that never should have been a danger in the first place. In the end, our client recovered $3,500,000, a result that reflected both the severity of his injuries and the clear negligence that caused them.