Construction Workers
The Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys of the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, PC, have represented injured construction workers for over fifteen years.
Construction work can be some of the most physically demanding and risky work out there. According to government surveys, approximately a thousand workers are killed at construction sites across the U.S every year and thousands more are injured. Here in the city of Chicago alone, dozens if not hundreds of workers suffer injuries from falls, crane accidents, projectile impacts, failed safety equipment, and so on.
What are some typical construction injuries?
- Back injuries – Even workers who are well trained and well equipped can endure significant stresses, strains, and torsion forces on their backs, which can result in everything from cervical myelopathy to damage to the L5 and L4 vertebrae to sciatic nerve damage.
- Repetitive stress injuries – Workers who perform the same or similar tasks day-in, day-out for months or years can do serious damage to soft tissues. The trigger point nodules that result can refer pain throughout the body. If fact, this "referred pain" often leads victims of repetitive stress injuries to get misdiagnosed. (For instance, the pain you feel in the tips of your fingers may have little to do with an injury specific to your hands and may have more to do with macroscopic damage to tissues in your upper back, shoulders, and chest.)
- Falling injuries – In addition to the obvious acute injuries that result from falling -- such as broken bones, contusions, bleeding, brain injuries, spinal cord damage, and so forth -- victims of falls can often suffer long term damage, such as tendon damage and asymmetrical gait, which can in turn cause other secondary and tertiary medical conditions.
- Burns, chemical injuries, and exposure to radioactivity – Toxic substances are tightly controlled at most construction sites. But things can get out of control -- even at the most meticulously maintained sites. Often, exposure to contaminants, such as asbestos, dust, or debris, can result in acute problems, such as respiratory distress, as well as long term illnesses, such as asthma and lung cancer.
If you or a family member or coworker has been injured at your construction job, help is just a phone call or an e-mail away. The workers’ compensation lawyers of Steven J. Malman & Associates can be reached at any time, 24 X 7, to discuss your construction injury and give you sound and grounded advice about how to proceed. Learn more about us at www.malmanlaw.com, or phone an associate right away at 1-888-625-6265.
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$1,225,000 settlement for a speedway patron who got hit by a baseball-sized rock kicked up by a race car. The rock hit her so hard, she needed an emergency tracheostomy and brain surgery.
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$6,000,000 settlement for our client, a 4 month old baby whose doctors had failed to diagnose a brain infection that left her with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.
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$11,800,000.00 in a product liability settlement for a father of five who tragically died when his tire treads failed, causing his vehicle to roll over.
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We obtained a $5 million settlement for a woman whose son died when his physician failed to diagnose a tumor.
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A woman recovered $2.25 million in a medical malpractice case, in which the woman's obstetrician/gynecologist failed to spot her cancer on a pap smear, causing our client to have to undergo multiple, surgeries.
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A $2 million verdict was obtained for a woman whose Ob/Gyn failed to refer her to a gynecologist to treat what turned out to be a malignant uterine sarcoma.
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We obtained a $1.7 million settlement in a nursing home neglect case in which a 72 year-old man suffered radiator burns so severe that he had to have his legs amputated.
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We obtained a $1.4 million award in a slip and fall case involving a 13 year-old boy who developed severe hip trouble after falling down the stairs of his high-rise.
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A $1.25 million settlement in favor of our client, an 18 year-old boy who lost most of his vision after being assaulted by a security guard.
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We obtained a $1.15 million settlement for our client, a little girl who suffered severed burns as a direct result of fire code ordinance violations.
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A union painter whose legs got crushed by a forklift recovered $1 million in damages.
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A $1 million settlement in favor of our client, a hemophiliac, who suffered severe soft tissue damage in a car accident.
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A union steel worker who injured his back moving a 300 pound steel beam in the rain recovered $1 million for his construction site work injury.
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We obtained a $900,000 settlement in the case of a beaten prison inmate who died after being given the wrong medication at the hospital.
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We obtained a $600,000 settlement for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after his friend accidentally shot him with a hunting rifle at a restaurant.
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A 54 year-old woman recovered $600,000 in a product liability settlement after her oven mitt exploded and severely burned her breasts.
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A woman who had lost her baby to fetal distress while in the hospital was awarded $500,000 for medical malpractice.
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An 81 year-old bedridden stroke victim recovered $390,000 after he developed what would turn out to be fatal pressure ulcers stemming from negligent nursing care.
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A nursing home resident won a settlement of $300,000 stemming from a hip fracture accident. His nursing staff had failed to take proper fall-risk precautions.
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We obtained a settlement of $250,000 for the estate of a 21 year-old man who, after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident, subsequently died in the hospital due to the staff's failure to insert a chest tube.
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We obtained a settlement of $175,000 for the estate of a woman whose negligent nursing home care resulted in bed sore ulcers that led to an infection that ultimately caused her death.
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We obtained a $150,000 settlement for a 69 year-old stroke victim who had to have an above the knee amputation due to nursing home neglect.
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A $150,000 verdict was recovered for the estate of a 79 year-old man, who suffered bed sores stemming from nursing home neglect that ultimately contributed to his death.
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