If you got hurt in a construction accident in Country Club, Florida, talk with a construction accident lawyer in Country Club, FL about getting compensation for your injuries. The Law Offices of Anidjar& Levine can evaluate your construction accident and let you know if you might have a valid claim for your losses.
Getting hurt on the job can sideline you for a while, which can mean that you will not have a paycheck coming in. The last thing you need is another bill to pay. You can talk with us for free, and with no obligation.
We do not charge upfront legal fees in construction accident cases, so you do not have to worry about coming up with money to talk with us. You can call us at 1-800-747-3733, to set up your free consultation.
Getting Hurt at a Construction Site
Construction sites are inherently dangerous places. There are many ways to suffer an injury at a job site. You might be an employee of the project owner, general contractor, or a subcontractor. You could be a vendor or supplier doing business with one of the parties at the project site. Or you might be a bystander walking down the sidewalk near the construction site.
Some of the common situations in which people get hurt at construction sites include:
- A worker who falls from a higher elevation like a scaffolding, crane, ladder, or rooftop, orunfinished level of a building.
- A worker on a scaffolding, ladder, or crane that collapses.
- A worker, vendor, or bystander who suffers injury when equipment, tools, or other objects fall onto the person.
- Anyone in harm’s way of defective equipment.
Who Can Be Liable for a Construction Accident
Our construction accident lawyers in Country Club, FL can investigate to find the cause of the incident that injured you. Sometimes, multiple things went wrong, leading to the accident. In cases like that, we will explore all of the parties who might be liable to you for your losses.
Construction sites have many moving parts and teams of people engaging in different types of activities at the same time. As a result, there are quite a few potential people who can be liable when someone gets hurt. Here are some examples of who can be responsible for an accident of the construction site:
- The general contractor
- Subcontractors
- The owner of the construction project
- Supervisors
- Coworkers
- Manufacturers, in the case of defective equipment, and
- The equipment maintenance company, in the situation of defectively maintained equipment causing the injury
Legal Theories for Liability in a Construction Accident
There are typically three legal theories we can explore for holding someone responsible for your injuries. Sometimes, we can use more than one of these grounds in a lawsuit.
Negligence. We must prove all four of these elements:
- Duty of care. The responsible person or company owed you a duty of care, such as, the duty to provide a safe workplace.
- Breach of the duty of care. When someone fails to meet their legal standard of care, it is negligence. Let’s say that the ladder you were using collapsed, causing your injury. As you are an employee of a subcontractor, your employer provided the ladder. Your boss knew that the ladder was not safe, so having that piece of equipment on the job site for your use was negligence.
- The negligence must be the thing that caused the accident. Your boss providing an unsafe ladder was negligent, and that carelessness caused the accident, because the ladder collapsed.
- Measurable damages. If you are lucky enough to land on your feet without a scratch when the ladder collapsed, you cannot sue your boss for negligence. However, if you sustained injuries from the fall, you have quantifiable damages, which, when combined with the other three elements, make you eligible for compensation.
Products liability.Manufacturers can be responsible for damages that result from defective products they make. If a person suffers injury from a faulty scaffolding that fails, hurtling the person 50 feet to the ground, the manufacturer of the scaffolding can be liable under the legal theory of products liability.
Strict liability.Because construction sites are inherently dangerous places, sometimes the law will hold certain parties, like the construction company or the project owner, responsible when people get hurt, even if there was no negligence.
Damages for a Construction Accident in Country Club, Florida
The party who caused your injuries can be responsible for the losses you experiencedsuch as:
Medical bills, for the treatment of your injuries. These can include things like the ambulance, emergency room, hospital, surgery, physicians, physical therapy, and prescription drugs.
Lost income, to make up for the time you missed from work without pay. This category can include lost wages, salary, self-employment, and other income.
Loss of earning potential. This type of damages can compensate you if you cannot make as much money as you could before the accident, because of your injuries.
Painandsuffering, for the physical discomfort and emotional distress you experienced because of the accident.
Long-term care, if you need daily assistance with medical treatment or personal care because of your injuries.
Disability, if your injuries render you unable to work at all.
Other intangible losses, like disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional harm like chronic depression or anxiety, and your spouse’s claim for loss of consortium.
How to Get Legal Help for Your Construction Accident in Country Club, Florida
Talk with a lawyer about your injury claim is easy. Just call the construction accident lawyers in Country Club, FL at Anidjar& Levine to get a free case evaluation and find out who might be responsible for your damages.We must act fast as there are statutes of limitations. We must make our case before these limits expire.
To get your free consultation, call us at 1-800-747-3733 today. The call and the consultation are free. There is no obligation, and there are no upfront legal fees. Let us take care of your legal matters so that you can focus on getting well.
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