New York City Attorney Assisting Construction Accident Victims
Forklifts are considered one of the most dangerous machines used in an industrial or construction setting. These machines are prone to tip over and especially dangerous when driven by untrained operators. If you or a loved one has been hurt by one of these devices, New York City forklift accident lawyer Nicholas Rose can provide guidance and representation as you seek compensation. Many injured individuals have benefited from Mr. Rose’s over 13 years of experience as a construction accident attorney. He and his team understand the significance of life-altering injuries and have successfully recovered millions of dollars on behalf of victims. He can carefully investigate the details of your situation and help explore your options.

Pursuing Damages for Injuries in a Forklift Accident
Compensation for a construction accident may be pursued through a negligence claim in a personal injury lawsuit. Sometimes an accident results from operator error, but in other cases the cause may be a machine malfunction.

If you are an employee injured on a construction site, the benefits available under workers’ compensation laws may be the principal remedy available to you. Your employer has a duty to maintain this no-fault insurance coverage to protect its workers. However, other parties that may be partially or totally responsible for an accident, including a property owner, a forklift manufacturer, or a repair and maintenance company, may also be held liable through a personal injury claim.

Following a forklift accident, a victim must prove that the defendant had a duty to provide for their safety, breached that duty, and caused injuries that resulted in damages. Generally, people and entities that provide and maintain a forklift must exercise reasonable care in maintaining the equipment and ensuring that workers are safe.

A breach of the duty of care that results in a forklift accident might involve the forklift operator failing to abide by safety regulations. In other situations, a breach might be shown by the repair and maintenance company failing to adequately address an ongoing issue with the machine. Parties that exercise control at a construction site are required to provide for worker safety.

The causation element means that the breach directly led to the accident in which the victim was hurt. It must have been a foreseeable result of the defendant’s careless conduct, which likely would not have happened if the defendant had used reasonable care.

If an injured individual prevails in a negligence claim, he or she typically may recover damages in the form of hospital and medical expenses, costs of future treatment and therapy, and lost wages from work. More subjective forms of harm like pain and suffering also may be compensated.

Protect Your Rights by Enlisting a Forklift Accident Lawyer in New York City
No matter the details of your construction accident, Nicholas Rose can thoroughly advise you on an appropriate course of action. As a dedicated injury attorney, he has helped accident victims throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. Call 877-313-ROSE (7673) or use our online form to set up a free consultation with a New York City forklift accident attorney.