Our construction litigation team obtained a cash and annuity settlement with a value in excess of $2 million on behalf of the survivors of a sheet metal worker who fell four stories to his death through a defective scaffold railing at a construction site near San Francisco. The decedent was working as an independent contractor…
Construction Worker Site Fall Causing Wrongful Death
Front-end Loader Strikes Workman on Construction Site
Walkup Melodia’s work site injury team negotiated an all-cash settlement in the amount of $7 million on behalf of a laborer who was run over by a front-end loader when its operator inadvertently put the machine in reverse while the plaintiff was directing traffic at a job site. The machine ran over the plaintiff’s left…
United Rentals Industrial Machine Failure Causing Wrongful Death
The Walkup Melodia product liability and industrial machine failure team negotiated a $10 million settlement on behalf of the surviving wife and children of a 46-year-old real estate management consultant who was killed when a self-propelled man lift on which he was riding tipped over. The decedent was inspecting work that was being performed on…
Product Liability- Heirs v. Equipment Rental Center
In Heirs v. Equipment Rental Center (No.Cal.Sup.Ct.) Doris Cheng and Andrew McDevitt represented the wife and five adult children of a retired 62-year-old man who died after being thrown from a rented mini-tractor. Following an unwitnessed roll-over, the machine was found overturned with its loader arms fully extended. The decedent was assisting one of his…
Worksite Injuries
In Electrician v. Utility Company (Ala. Co. Sup. Ct.) Michael A. Kelly, Matthew D. Davis and Jeffrey A. Clause recovered $2,500,000 on behalf of a 36-year-old man who suffered a traumatic brain injury at a worksite. The plaintiff was an employee of a contractor hired by the defendant property owner, fell from a work space…
Vehicular Negligence: Octogenarian v. Commercial Construction Co.
Douglas S. Saeltzer and Joseph A. Nicholson recovered $1,800,000 for a senior who was pinned between two cars at an intersection while trying to cross the street outside of a marked crosswalk. The incident occurred at an intersection adjacent to a construction worksite intended to make the area safer for pedestrians. Both the City and…
