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NEGLIGENCELAWSUIT
The law provides that if someoneelse’s carelessness was
at least par-tially at fault
for causing your injury,they must compensate you. Forexample, if they were 50% at faultfor the accident, they, through theirinsurance company, must pay 50%of your medical bills, pain and suf-fering, and lost wages.A claim for negligence must befiled within
3 years
of the date of the accident.For example, if a constructionworker is injured because a ladderwas not prop-erly secured to prevent itfrom falling,his employer,or the con-tractor thathired the em-ployer, mustcompensatethe worker fornot just themaximum $400 per week received from workers compensation, butalso the full amount of his lostwages. If he was earning $1,000 perweek at the time of the accident, hecan recover that full $1,000 per weekwhile he is disabled.Also,
workers compensationprovides no payment for pain andsuffering, while a negligence claimdoes
. Insurance companies oftenuse a rule of thumb that the pain and
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suffering from an injury is worth
three times theamount of the lost wages and medical bills
.Workers compensation benefits, no faultbenefits, disability benefits and social securitybenefits are designed to keep food on the table,but they usually won’t pay enough to maintainthe mortgage.A negligence claim is the only way that theinjured person will be fully compensated for hislost wages and other injuries.Available InsuranceBenefits from
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These construction workers do not have safety belts or other perime-ter protection. Under New York law, the employer, ConstructionManager, General Contractor and building Owner are responsible if there is a fall that results in an injury. Construction workers receivespecial legal protection against shortcuts taken at construction sites.
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Falls at construction sitesare a common cause of negligence cases.
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