Workplace Accidents In New York

Whether you work in an office, a construction site or work in retail, accidents can happen at work. It is important to know your rights as an injured worker. No matter where you work, if you were injured in an accident on-the-job, the attorneys at Grandelli & Eskenasi can help you get the compensation you deserve. Victims of workplace accidents have two potential remedies: 1) worker’s compensation; and 2) a third-party case. Grandelli & Eskenasi has over 30 years of experience representing victims of workplace accidents, who were seriously injured in workplace accidents where a worker is injured on the job due to the negligence of someone other than their employer or co-workers. These claims provide for compensation beyond worker’s compensation benefits from the victim’s employer. Our attorneys have handled all types of cases involving on-the-job injuries, including:

• Construction Accidents
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Slip and Falls
• Trip and Falls
• Defective Elevators/Escalators
• Defective Tools/Machinery
• Fires
• Falling Objects
• Toxic exposures

If you or someone you know has sustained a serious injury as a result of a workplace accident, call the attorneys at Grandelli & Eskenasi for a free consultation to learn your rights.

Our firm has a proven track record of obtaining significant recoveries for workers injured on the job throughout New York. Below are some of our notable workplace accident settlements and verdicts:

• $22.9 Million - Recovery for a construction worker sustaining occupational injuries
• $17.5 Million - On behalf of a New York City sanitation worker, who had his leg amputated after being run over by a sanitation truck
• $9 Million - Compensation for a 26-year-old construction worker injured during a workplace explosion
• $8.5 Million - Award for a New York City Sanitation worker injured during operational duties
• $7.75 Million - For a construction worker injured after falling from his work area while he was unloading equipment
• $7.25 Million - Construction worker who fell from a ladder after receiving an electric shock
• $6.5 Million - Recovery for a union laborer injured in a trench collapse
• $5.5 Million - Recovery on behalf of a union operating engineer struck by construction debris that fell from an elevated height
• $3.35 Million - For a utility worker who was injured when his truck was struck by a motor vehicle
• $3 Million - NYC police officer, confidential settlement
• $1.5 Million - Jones Act / Maritime law case, chef tripped and fell on a ship
• $1 Million - 61-year-old Brooklyn dairy worker, skull fractures and TBI from fall into excavated hole
• $1 Million - NYPD officer injured in the line of duty when her vehicle was struck by a delivery truck