Construction accidents are both catastrophic and all too common. By its very nature, construction requires heavy equipment and involves a significant risk of fall, electrical shock, or exposure to a variety of dangerous chemicals and materials. All these things can and do cause devastating injuries.

The lawyers of Golomb & Honik have the skills and experience needed to sort out the tangle of laws, codes, and standards that govern owners, contractors, subcontractors, and workers. We do this with two simple goals in mind: to determine who is at fault and to achieve results that provide adequately for our injured clients and their families in the long term. Here are some examples of our work:

• $1.25 Million for Worker who Fell After the outrigger of a concrete mixer was placed on unstable ground, the mixer tipped, causing its boom to knock a construction worker into a concrete foundation. His neck and shoulder injuries disabled him for years. Golomb & Honik attorneys secured a $1.25 million settlement on the eve of trial.
• $850,000 Verdict in Electrocution Death A business hired a "handyman" to change bulbs in their electric sign. Before doing so, he turned off the main power supply. While he was on a ladder changing the bulb, an employee of the business turned the power back on, killing the handyman by electrocution. The defendant business claimed that the handyman never turned the power off at all, blaming him for his own death. Golomb & Honik attorneys produced evidence from the power company's metering service that demonstrated that the power had been turned off and back on again within the relevant time frame. The trial ended in a plaintiff's verdict and an award of $850,000 for the estate of the deceased.
• Confidential Settlement for Electrician who Fell An experienced union electrician was performing electrical work in a ceiling more than 30 feet above the ground floor of a church. He was instructed to repair fixtures in the ceiling attic but was not warned that the attic area could not safely support his weight. In the absence of any warnings or instructions, he walked on the attic ceiling and fell through, more than 30 feet, to the floor. Golomb & Honik demonstrated an unsafe and dangerous work environment, including numerous OSHA and other workplace violations that would have necessitated the use of, among other things, safety mechanisms to prevent a fall of this severity. The man suffered extensive fractures from his pelvis to his feet and required extensive hospitalization and surgery. The case was successfully tried to verdict, and a subsequent confidential settlement was reached that included ongoing, lifetime medical care.