Trusted New Orleans Construction Accident Attorneys Ready to Serve

A personal injury can have a profound impact on a family.  Personal injury victims often incur expensive medical care. Sometimes personal injury victims require such medical care for the remainder of their life. Personal injuries can be so severe that their victims are left unable to work for long periods of time.  Your attorney must hire the experts needed to calculate the extent and cost of medical care you will need. Your lawyer must also hire the experts needed to calculate the lost earnings you will sustain as a result of the personal injury. 

The physical pain associated with personal injuries coupled with the emotional pain of the situation can be overwhelming. Your attorney must speak to your friends and family to determine who might make a good witness to discuss how this personal injury has affected you from both a physical and emotional standpoint.  

Louisiana law recognizes that personal injury victims are entitled to be made whole following an accident. Below is a list of damages that you could be entitled to recover in your personal injury case:

• Medical Expenses
• Past Lost Wages/Future Loss of Earning Capacity
• Physical Pain and Suffering
• Permanent Disability
• Scarring and Disfigurement
• Emotional Pain and Suffering
• Loss of Enjoyment of Life

Proven New Orleans Construction Accident Lawyers

Construction sites are by nature extremely dangerous and hazardous, and those individuals that work at these sites are at high risk for accidents.  Construction accidents can occur suddenly and without warning leaving people with serious bodily harm, extensive medical bills, and extreme pain.  Construction sites are often treated differently under the law, and it is necessary to seek proper advice. Under Louisiana law, you rarely can sue your employer directly due to worker’s compensation laws that bar most direct suits against employers by employees. Often employees can bring claims against property or land owners or other subcontractors or contractors that are working at the construction site. This is also called a third-party lawsuit and is important and relevant to consider when bringing forth construction site claims.

In 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, otherwise known as OSHA. The OSHA and other similar agencies enact regulations to monitor workplace safety and establish workplace standards. These agencies also provide education, outreach, training, and assistance to protect people at the workplace from serious harm or death. OSHA regulations recognize that these accidents are preventable, but workplace accident prevention also requires compliance by employers. Nevertheless, these federally imposed standards are often violated by employers at the workplace, and the workers continue to suffer as a result. For instance, in 2013, the OSHA standards violations following inspections of construction sites were: (1) an employer’s failure to provide fall protection; (2) inadequate and/or unsafe scaffolding; and (3) improper and/or unsafe use of ladders. 

We also handle other types of personal injury cases, including:

• Brain Injury
• Burn Injury
• Auto Accidents
• Contamination
• Defective Products
• Electrocutions
• Industrial Accidents
• Offshore Maritime
• 18 Wheeler Trucking

If you or a loved one have been involved in an industrial accident, learn about your legal rights from an experienced New Orleans construction accident attorney by calling 504-581-4892 or by filling out our free, no-obligation case review form.