The Platta Law Firm, PLLC

This case involved a motor vehicle accident where both sides claimed they had the green light. Plaintiff was on a scooter and drove through an intersection. The defendant turned left in front of the plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered a fracture to his collar bone and an injury to his shoulder which required arthroscopic surgery. The defendant refused to settle initially.

A mason performing rooftop work on an 8-foot ladder positioned on an unstable hanging platform was injured when the ladder suddenly shifted as he climbed down. He suffered calf and ankle injuries, followed by secondary lower-back pain due to altered mobility and difficulty walking. !Image 51: Construction Accidents Icon.

A mason was injured while moving a large window sill (weighing 450-500 lbs) down a flight of stairs by hand with a co-worker. The workers had to move this sill by hand as the forklift operator had been laid off and there was no other licensed forklift operator on site. As they were moving the sill, plaintiff’s co-worker lost his grip and the sill fell towards the plaintiff striking him on his left foot and knocking him onto the concrete. Plaintiff suffered fractures in his left foot/ankle which required two surgeries and injuries to his neck and back, which required fusion...

This case involved a fall from a ladder on a worksite. In 2016 the plaintiff worked as a painter. He was doing some finishing work on a multi-level floor. As he was climbing down an affixed ladder to the lower level, he slipped and fell to the ground. We were able to show that this ladder, which was the only ladder available, was not safe. The defendant claimed that the ladder was safe and, if it wasn’t, there were multiple other ladders to use. As a result of the accident the plaintiff fractured his knee and underwent neck surgery for his herniated discs.

A woman was driving on her way to work when she was sharply rear-ended by a private bus. The bus driver did not brake on time, which caused the woman to injure her arm, neck, and back. She was taken to the hospital and was informed that she needed extensive back surgery. After various low-ball settlement offers from the insurance company, our attorneys did not let up until the case was settled very well in the millions.

While walking home, she stepped into a hidden hole in the sidewalk — her foot plunged in, her ankle twisted, and she was thrown into a metal fence, striking her head before collapsing onto her shoulder and knee.

A 58-year-old, Local 78 worker, was caused to fall from the fourth rung of an A-frame ladder while performing asbestos abatement work. He sustained injuries to his head, neck, back and right side of his body and had to undergo surgeries. We won summary judgment holding the owner and general contractor of the construction site responsible for the accident resulting in the case settling well before trial. We also obtained additional money for the worker as a settlement for his workers’ compensation claim.

This case arose from a work-site accident that occurred when plaintiff was performing asbestos abatement as part of a larger demolition/renovation project. Plaintiff was on top of a scaffold demolishing and removing ducts when a portion of the duct fell to the scaffold (that had no guardrails), which caused plaintiff to fall off the scaffold. As a result of his accident, plaintiff sustained a traumatic brain injury, cervical herniations requiring a series of epidural steroid injections and a discectomy with fusion, lumbar herniations and bulges requiring a series of epidural...

A 29 year old asbestos abatement construction worker was assigned to demolish the roof of a structure in Nassau County. He was not given the right safety devices like a fall protection system or baker scaffold and was required to stand on the roof he was demoing to do his work. As he was standing on the roof joist, one of the joists broke and he was caused to fall. He sustained injuries to his shoulder and neck. The defendants argued that the accident was his fault and that his neck injuries were not related to the accident. The case settled at the first mediation.

A construction worker was struck in the head by two falling pipes. As a result of this accident, our client sustained injuries to his neck which required surgical intervention. The defendants appealed the Court’s decision that they were liable for our client’s accident. This appeal made it all the way up to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Our firm prevailed when the appeal was before New York’s highest court. In doing so, we secured a substantial award for our client, but also improved the law for construction accidents involving falling objects in the State of...