If you were hurt on a construction site in Manhattan, a Manhattan construction accident lawyer can help you recover money for your medical bills, your lost income, and the toll the injury has taken on your life. From the skyscrapers of Midtown and Hudson Yards to development across the Financial District and Harlem, construction remains some of the most dangerous work in New York City.
Korman Lynch Lustig & Sassower represents injured construction workers throughout Manhattan, and our Manhattan construction accident lawyers build every case as if it will be tried in front of a jury. Below are straight answers to the questions injured Manhattan workers ask our Manhattan construction accident attorneys most.
Call us at (212) 732-4992 24/7 to arrange to speak with a personal injury lawyer about your case, or contact us through our website today.
You likely have a case if you were hurt on a Manhattan construction site because of an unsafe condition, missing safety equipment, or someone else's carelessness. New York law places strong safety duties on property owners and general contractors, so you do not have to prove your employer was at fault to recover. Our Manhattan construction accident lawyers will review what happened at no cost and tell you plainly where you stand.
Often more than one party is responsible, and usually it is not just your employer. Property owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and equipment makers can all share the blame for an unsafe site. Finding every responsible party is what opens the door to full compensation beyond a workers' compensation check.
It depends on how serious your injury is and how it changes your life, so there is no set number. What you may recover generally falls into these categories:
No lawyer can promise you a figure. What our Manhattan construction accident attorneys can do is build the case so the full value of your loss is on the table.
Often, yes. Workers' compensation can pay part of your medical bills and lost wages no matter who was at fault, but it does not cover pain and suffering and it usually blocks a claim against your employer. When someone other than your employer helped cause the accident, such as a site owner, a contractor, or an equipment maker, you may have a separate injury case that recovers far more.
Get medical care first, then protect the case before the site changes.
In most cases you have three years from the date of the accident to file suit. But if a city or public agency is involved, you may have as little as ninety days to serve a formal notice first. Because the deadline depends on who is responsible, it is safest to confirm yours early with our Manhattan construction accident lawyers rather than assume you have years.
You can still recover money. New York uses comparative fault, which means your compensation is reduced by your share of the blame but not taken away. On many construction cases the law places heavy responsibility on owners and contractors for site safety, which can limit how much fault falls on the worker at all.
Yes. Your immigration status does not stop you from bringing a construction injury claim in New York. Injured workers have the right to a safe worksite and to pursue compensation when it fails, regardless of status, and our Manhattan construction accident lawyers protect that right.
Nothing upfront. Our Manhattan construction accident lawyers handle these cases on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay no attorney's fee unless there is a recovery for you. The first consultation is free, so you can find out where you stand at no cost and no obligation.
Most serious construction injuries in Manhattan come from a handful of recurring hazards, including:
Construction is the deadliest job in New York City, and Manhattan workers face the same risks. In 2024, 19 construction workers were killed on the job across the city, and falls were the leading cause, according to the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. Its Deadly Skyline report found that a New York City construction worker is more than six times as likely to be killed on the job as the average city worker, that most workers killed across the state were non-union, and that more than three quarters of the deadly worksites had safety violations on record.
Construction injuries tend to be serious and long-lasting. The most common ones our Manhattan construction accident attorneys see include:
A construction accident is any injury that happens because of work on or around a construction site. That covers falls from heights, being struck by falling tools or materials, electrical injuries, machinery and equipment failures, and collapses during demolition or excavation. It can include workers, and at times pedestrians or visitors hurt by dangerous site conditions.
Korman Lynch Lustig & Sassower handles the legal fight so you can focus on getting better. Our Manhattan construction accident lawyers investigate the site before the evidence disappears, identify every party responsible, deal with the insurance companies, and build your case for its full value, ready to take it to a jury if the offer is not fair. There is no fee unless our Manhattan construction accident lawyers recover for you.
Our Manhattan construction accident lawyers represent injured workers across the entire borough, from Midtown, the Financial District, and Hudson Yards to Chelsea, the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, Harlem, the Lower East Side, SoHo, and Washington Heights. Wherever the site was, our Manhattan construction accident attorneys can help.
A construction injury can put your health, your income, and your family under pressure all at once. The sooner our Manhattan construction accident
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