Personal Injury

New York has special workplace safety rules regarding gravity

On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Dec 23, 2022 | Personal Injury

New York has some unique laws that help protect employees in dangerous professions. Those working in construction have special rules that protect them from certain kinds of injury. For more than 100 years, New York has imposed strict liability on property owners or...

Can you file personal injury lawsuits when getting workers’ comp?

On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Oct 8, 2022 | Personal Injury

Workers who suffer injuries on the job benefit from their employer's workers' compensation insurance policies. The coverage provided by the employer will pay for an injured worker's medical care and can also provide them with disability benefits until they can resume...

Howard R. Sanders, Esq. Has Been Nominated and Accepted as a Two Years AIOPIA’S 10 Best Law Firm in New York For Client Satisfaction

On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Mar 23, 2018 | Personal Injury

The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of New York's Personal Injury Law Firm, as Two Years 10 Best Personal Injury Law Firm for Client Satisfaction.The American Institute of Personal...

The Howard R. Sanders, Esq. Has Been Nominated and Accepted as a 2017 AIOPIA’S

On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Sep 14, 2017 | Personal Injury

The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of NewYork's Personal Injury Law Firm, R. Sanders, Esq. as 2017 10 Best Personal Injury Law Firm forClient Satisfaction.The American Institute...

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$3.75 Million

settlement for a construction worker injured by falling metal mesh

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$3.5 Million

Million for a carpenter injured on a construction site by a falling metal clamp

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$3 Million

for a 35 year old Carpenter injured when his arm became partially impaled on an improperly exposed metal support (rebar) at a construction site.

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$2 Million

for a woman who sustained multiple serious injuries after being struck by a hit and run driver in Manhattan.

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$1.825 Million

Verdict for a 29 year old construction worker injured during the building of the World Trade Center Memorial.

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$1.475 Million

for a Carpenter who was injured when the scaffold he was working upon collapsed.

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$1.2 Million

for a 35 year old Cement and Concrete worker from Queens who sustained serious injuries to his back when he slipped on debris and refuse.

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$1.2 Million

for a Construction worker and young father in the Bronx who was fatally electrocuted while on a scaffold.

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$950,000

for two sisters in high school who sustained serious injuries when struck by a vehicle that mounted the sidewalk in Brooklyn as they waited for the bus to take them to school.

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$825,000

for a woman injured as a passenger in an accident involving a bus and a car in the Bronx.

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$777,000

for an Ironworker on Long Island who sustained serious injuries when he fell from a ladder which slid out from under him due to icy footing.

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$750,000

for a surgeon who sustained a broken knee in a motor vehicle accident (January, 2017).

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$750,000

for a man severely burned in his apartment by excessively hot shower water (Sept. 2020).

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$660,000

verdict for a 35 year old Cement and Concrete laborer who was injured when the scaffold he was walking upon collapsed.

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$650,000

for a cement and concrete worker who slipped and fell over construction debris.

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$650,000

for a Cement and Concrete worker who injured his back as a result of slipping upon a discarded pipe and falling down a flight of steps.

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$500,000

for a Nursing Home resident injured due to lack of proper care.

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$325,000

for a woman who sustained multiple serious injuries to her shoulder as a result of a trip and fall upon a defective sidewalk at a construction project in Manhattan.

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$250,000

verdict in the exact amount demanded by our office for our client, but refused by the responsible defendants, was awarded by the jury to our client who sustained a fractured elbow as a result of a fall upon a badly broken sidewalk.

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$325,000

for a young woman who sustained a fractured ankle as a result of a fall on soapy steps in her apartment building in the Bronx.

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$495,000

for a young mother who was struck by a car while crossing the street near her home in Queens sustaining serious injuries to her leg requiring the surgical placement of a metal plate and screws.

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$600,000

for a woman who sustained multiple injuries as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident.

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$425,000

was secured by our office for a Cement and Concrete worker injured when a work area collapsed beneath him.

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$400,000

for a woman struck from behind by a car as she walked to a supermarket in a shopping center parking lot in Yonkers.

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$200,000

for a young man, 15 years of age, who sustained a partial tear of the rotator cuff of his right shoulder, which has now healed without any limitation upon his activities.

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$325,000

for a school principal in the Bronx who tripped and fell over a construction plate in the school parking lot.

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$300,000

for a young Cement and Concrete worker who was struck by falling debris dislodged from a building by a swinging crane.

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$250,000

for a Cement and Concrete worker injured as a result of a fall at a Manhattan construction site.

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$300,000

for a school teacher in the Bronx who sustained an injury to her shoulder when she tripped and fell due to negligently placed computer wiring.

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$275,000

to a Construction laborer doing bridge work whose arm was fractured when falling construction material caused him to fall into the East River and onto debris.

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$450,000

for a child injured when a table fell on him in a laundromat in Queens.

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$450,000

verdict for a Volunteer Firefighter in Westchester who sustained injuries in the course of fighting a fire.

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