Construction Accidents

Overview

Workers like you get hurt badly every day because your job involves working at heights, often great heights, in all kinds of weather and wind conditions.  Falls are the most common type of accident on job sites.  But falls aren’t the only potential hazard.  Heavy equipment, including power tools, ladders, explosives and toxic materials like solvents can cause serious injury and even death if your employer improperly maintains the equipment, or if the worker isn’t trained in the proper use of this equipment.  

Workers compensation benefits, while useful at times, are rarely adequate enough to get a worker back on his/her feet and to care of his/her family and the mounting expenses.  Hiring a top New York construction accident lawyer could very well be a worker’s only other recourse for getting the compensation you need and deserve.  

The New York construction accident lawyers at Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman have been representing victims of workplace accidents for more than three decades.  We have recovered money for our construction accident clients in 98% of the cases we have handled.  The total dollars recovered on behalf of our construction worker clients has exceeded 50 million dollars.

Collectively our partners have well more than one hundred years of experience representing victims of construction accidents. Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman is one of only seven law firms in New York City to be ranked by US News & World Report as a New York Tier 1 law firm in the category of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in 2010. One of our lawyers has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, and three of our partners have been recognized in Super Lawyers.