Personal Injury Law

Queens On-the-Job Injury of Contractors on NYC Bridge

Two workers, who were hired to paint the Queens and Bronx bridge towers, were injured after a large overhead sign fell on to the roadway. According to this news report, the sign and metal support system feel after it was struck by a truck near the Queens side of the Whitestone Bridge. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials, the two contract workers were in the truck at the time of the construction accident in Queens.

Every year, thousands of workers are killed or seriously injured on the job. New York workers compensation laws are designed to make sure that workers who are injured, disabled, or killed on the job receive compensation for their monetary losses. These laws also provide workers compensation benefits for the families and dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related injuries or illnesses.

Workers compensation benefits are in place to help employees who are injured on the job. But they are usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related injuries. These benefits are definitely not enough to compensate a family for the loss of their primary breadwinner, much less the loss of a beloved family member.

If you or a loved one has suffered serious injuries on the job, please contact New York's top work accident injury lawyers to find out more about your legal rights and options. We will look at all the aspects of your case. If you are a contractor or subcontractor, we will look into all the parties that were involved. The knowledgeable and experienced New York personal injury attorneys at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLC will make sure that you are fairly compensated for your injuries and losses.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).