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It is crucial for construction workers to know what their legal rights are if they are injured. Construction work is dangerous. Construction workers use powerful, dangerous tools like compressors, nail guns, electric saws and jack hammers. Often construction workers work at great heights using scaffolds, ladders, scissor lifts, cranes and cherry pickers. No matter what their trade, whether they are carpenters, masons, steelworkers, electricians or roofers, the work exposes them to danger. When construction workers are injured their injuries can be complex, catastrophic and life changing. Power tools can cause traumatic amputations and degloving injuries. Falls can result in multiple compound fractures and nerve injuries. Injured construction workers are often permanently or partially disabled from work. Unless a successful lawsuit obtains full compensation, the workers’ families can be devastated by their loved one’s injuries. Mortgages can go unpaid and children’s college dreams are deferred. Workers are often entitled to more than one type of compensation. First, workers may be entitled to medical and some lost income compensation from the Workers’ Compensation system. Second, it is very important for construction workers to realize that they may have the right to bring a law suit in addition to their Workers’ Compensation claim. A successful lawsuit can recover compensation for pain and suffering which is not compensated by the Workers’ Compensation system. A successful lawsuit can also recover much more extensive lost income, including future income including anticipated wage increases, lost pension benefits, and other categories of economic loss. A successful lawsuit can even recover the value of work that you do around your home for your family. Call Construction Accidents Law Firm in Brooklyn, New York, Reibman & Weiner today to discuss you case.
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