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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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see also:

Scaffolding Accidents Harmed by Scaffolding? Get a Free Case Review From an Accident Lawyer.
Injured by construction site scaffolding? An accident lawyer can help.

Safety Conference Crane safety conference held in New York after 9 people killed in 2008
Crane safety experts meet at NY conference to discuss safety standards

News & Warnings Construction site accident news, dangers, warnings and information
Construction Site Accident News, Dangers and Warnings Information
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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

$12.7 million verdict — iron worker who was injured due to unsafe working conditions

$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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