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NYC CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT LAWYER

If you’re injured on a construction site, there are can be many overlapping claims that can be brought on your behalf.   If you’re working on the site, your employer should have a worker’s compensation policy in effect to cover you, and there are avenues to pursue if they don’t.   There are potentially claims under Labor Law and other laws that specifically address injured construction workers. Pedestrians and visitors to construction sites can also bring claims if they are injured as a result of negligence.   Wittenstein & Wittenstein are the most reputable NYC construction accident attorneys with sixty years of combined experience at the firm. When Safety Laws Are Ignored   There are many laws and regulations to protect workers and the public from injuries at construction sites.   Unfortunately, construction companies do not always follow the law because compliance costs money, and they’re always trying to save a buck. In addition to the compensation that you will persona

How to Choose an Attorney

There are right ways and wrong ways to do just about anything.  If you’ve been seriously injured and lost time from work, making the right choice can be the difference between just getting by and living well, for the rest of your life.  The wrong way is to accept a card from a “therapy place” from a seedy looking person haunting the scene of your accident.  It’s pretty unlikely that any high quality medical practice would employ somebody like this, isn’t it?  What’s even worse is to sign a retainer with their lawyer, who you’ve never even met.  Clearly the wrong, so let’s talk about the right way to find a Bronx Car Accident attorney , a Staten Island Wills and Trusts Attorney or any other type of lawyer you might need. Referrals From Friends and Family Prior to the advent of the internet, seeking referrals from your family and friends was always the place to start. If somebody you trust speaks very highly of a Manhattan divorce lawyer or a Brooklyn car accident attorney , it’s