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Construction Site News & Warnings

Even though construction sites are required to follow strict safety requirements, hundreds of workers are seriously injured or killed in construction site accideents. In this section, you can keep up to date on the latest news, information and warnings about construction site injuries.

If you have been injured in a construction accident, get your free legal consultation today. Please fill out the simple form below, call Weitz & Luxenberg's Client Relations Department at 1 (800) 476-6070, or email us at clientrelations@weitzlux.com.

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Crane safety conference held in New York after 9 people killed in 2008
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$423 million settlement
MTBE suit involving the contamination of 153 public water systems nationally

$16.5 million verdict
Asbestos case involving exposure from dental tape

$1.4 million settlement
Accident involving woman struck down by ambulance

$1.5 million settlement
for 47-year-old construction worker who fell off elevated train tracks

$6 million settlement
Pediatric malpractice involving infant who suffered brain damage at birth

$53 million verdict
brake mechanic suffering from mesothelioma

$13.5 million verdict
one of the very first Vioxx trial cases

$15 million settlement
man wound up a paraplegic due to negligent hospital care

$37 million verdict
2 asbestos lung cancer plaintiffs

$47 million verdict
boilermaker who died from mesothelioma

$2.6 million settlement
ill-fitting prosthesis caused decubitus ulcers

$75 million verdict
historic consolidated trial involving men who had worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1940s and 1950s

$8 million settlement
obstetrical malpractice resulted in neurological deficits

$64.65 million award
4 asbestos plaintiffs

$17.5 million
consolidated trial of 5 mesothelioma victims

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