New York construction accident lawyer, Michael Joseph won a major victory last week in a hotly contested trial in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. Our client was injured when he climbed a scaffold and stepped on a plank and the plank cracked causing our client to fall. Our New York construction accident lawyers established that the building owner breached his duties under Labor Law 240 by permitting 2x4 planks to be used instead of OSHA rated planking.
Following a week long jury trial, the jury awarded over nine hundred thousand dollars and since we won the liability case over a year ago, our client is entitled to a year of interest at nine percent, which puts the total verdict over one million dollars. The defense in this case made a low ball offer of one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars and refused to make any higher offer. Our New York personal injury lawyers obtained a verdict of over 800 percent higher than the insurance company's offer.
