Construction Accidents...

Anyone working on construction sites knows they are dangerous. But they should never be more dangerous than they need to be. If obvious or negligent hazards cause a serious injury, the injured person should seek compensation.

Our trial lawyers are experienced in the litigation of construction site accident lawsuits in Pompano Beach and of Broward County. Our lawyers meet with people free of charge to discuss their case, and do any later work on contingency, charging no attorneys' fees or costs until a settlement or verdict is achieved.

The Laws on Construction Accidents...

Valid cases can involve any type of accident, including those involving:

• Construction scaffolding failures,
• Falls from ladders,
• Roof falls,
• Forklift injuries,
• OSHA violations,
• Chemical burns,
• Electrical injuries,
• Fires & explosions,
• Defective construction equipment, such as power tools,
• Failures of building materials
• Crane accidents.

Many accidents on construction sites are covered under workers' compensation insurance, which all employers must carry. Workers' compensation makes employers immune from personal injury lawsuits arising out of an accident.

But certain types of accidents, known as "third-party claims", are not covered by workers' compensation. Third-party claims involve suing people or companies other than your employer, such as other subcontractors, who are at fault for the accident.

However, in October 2003, the Florida legislature passed a law giving subcontractors and other third parties an immunity to litigation similar to what is enjoyed by employers. Supposedly, you must prove gross negligence, such as willfully ignoring safety regulations. But this law has not made it all the way through the appellate process, and our lawyers are eager to find out if it is truly enforceable.

Helping with all Kinds of Cases...

Whether or not your injury is covered by workers' compensation, we can help you. Keep in mind also that it can be difficult to find out the true reasons for an accident. It may seem at first that workers' compensation insurance is the only source of recovery, but upon careful investigation, it becomes clear that a third party or even defective equipment, such as a power tool, is truly to blame.

For more information about your legal rights following a construction accident, please contact Attorney Timothy Nies to schedule a free consultation. Our attorneys and staff speak Spanish, French and Portuguese.

TIMOTHY C. NIES, ESQ. Tel: 954-302-8919 Toll-free: 1-877-733-5878 E-mail: timnies@ymail.com

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Our PI and construction site liability lawyers represent injured workers in Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale and all cities in Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, Collier and Miami. Our construction injury lawyers represent, in settlement and trials, workers, roofers, electricians, laborers, carpenters, forklift drivers, truck drivers and others injured in a construction machinery or construction site injury throughout Florida, including Palm Beach County, Broward County, Martin County, St. Lucie County, Lee County, Charlotte county and others throughout Florida. Our construction injury trial law firm also represents injured construction workers, roofers and others in all cities in Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Pompano Beach, Lauderdale Lakes, Lighthouse Point, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Weston, Sunrise, Tamarac, Hollywood, Margate, Coconut Creek, Cypress Creek, Miramar, Hillsboro Beach, and also North Lauderdale. In addition, our personal injury attorneys, experienced in handling all construction accidents, including scaffold injuries, nail gun injuries, explosions, fires, etc. and represent injured clients in Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Lauderhill, Plantation, Dania, Pembroke Pines and Cooper City. Our Pompano Beach, Florida, construction injury lawyers have been practicing in Palm Beach County for 24 years and represent clients in Belle Glade, South Bay, Tequesta, Jupiter, Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, North Palm Beach, Lake Park, and Riviera Beach. Our Boca Raton law office near FAU also represents clients in West Palm Beach, Cloud Lake, Palm Springs, Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, Green Acres, and South Palm Beach.

Our construction injury lawyers represents injured workers in Lantana, Lake Worth, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Highland Beach. Our attorneys also represent clients in Martin County and St. Lucie County, including Stuart, Jupiter Island, Ocean Breeze Park, Sewall's Point, Hutchinson Island, Hobe Sound, Jensen Beach, Indiantown, Palm City, Point Salerno and Port Saint Lucie. Our construction injury attorney also litigate for our clients injured in welding accidents, forklift accidents, fumes, burns in Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Walton, Indian River, and other cities in Florida including Miami, Aventura, Deerfield Beach, Tampa, Collier County, Fort Meyers, Fort Myers, Clewiston, Naples, Marco Island, Highlands County and others. We represent injured workers and subcontractors for injuries on construction sites, building sites, roofing jobs, including falls, defective scaffolding, OSHA violations, nail gun injuries, welding accidents, malfunctioning machinery, falling objects, construction debris, toxic exposure, fumes exposure, fires, electrical accidents and more. Call our attorneys for a free consultation to consider making a personal injury or wrongful death claim or lawsuit for your injuries. Call our construction accident lawyer today for a free consultation to discuss your construction injury and your compensation. Our lawyers take cases on a contingent basis, which means you do not pay a fee to us unless we are successful in having compensation awarded to you at trial, mediation or in settlement negotiations.  Call our personal injury and construction injury lawyers to discuss you construction injury case and your medical treatment.