Grandelli & Eskenasi

For a 33 year old woman claiming shoulder and spinal injuries in a car accident with a New York City Police Department vehicle. This case was settled with the City of New York after we obtained summary judgment and a determination of liability in our client's favor.

For a New Jersey construction worker who was forced to stand on a school table to cut pipes at an elevated height at a Department of Education construction project due to the unavailability of adequate equipment at the site, causing the worker to undergo bilateral shoulder surgeries.

On behalf of a 59 year old employee of a septic company who was injured when a trench he was working in collapsed. In opposing the defendants motion to dismiss the case we established that the trench our client was working in was dangerous as it was not sloped properly and no protection was given to the injured worker.

For a 61 year old construction worker who sustained a herniated disc to his lower back and a fractured foot after falling off of a truck while unloading steel pipes. This settlement came after the first portion of the trial resulted in a liability verdict in the plaintiff's favor.

On behalf of a construction worker who received serious knee and back injuries while performing construction renovations at the Museum of Modern Art. Although the defendants argued that the plastic sheeting which caused our client to fall was an "open and obvious condition", we retained an expert in construction safety who assisted us in establishing the defendants' liability.

In a precedent-setting case on behalf of the family of a 43 year old construction worker who fell from a ladder at a job-site, resulting in serious injuries which prevented him from returning to work. After taking pain medication for approximately 2 years, the worker died from the effects of the medication prescribed for his injuries. Despite the passage of time between the accident and his death, we successfully demonstrated the causal connection, resulting in this settlement.

On behalf of a 36 year old electrician who fell off of a ladder while installing electrical conduits and sustained severe ankle injuries requiring numerous operations. This case was resolved after we obtained summary judgment under the Labor Law and established that the defendants were fully liable for our client's injuries.

On behalf of a Union Teamster who slipped & fell in a dangerous work area resulting in a neck injury that required surgery.

On behalf of a 41 year old construction laborer on the sixth day of trial. The plaintiff was in the street in front of the construction project, when he was struck by a vehicle causing him to fall into a hole in his work area that had been excavated several days earlier by Con Edison. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene and was never identified. As a result of the incident the worker sustained Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy to his left foot. We were able to obtain this recovery and overcome the Con Ed's arguments that the accident was unwitnessed, and they had sufficiently...

On behalf of an undercover New York City Police Officer who claimed his civil rights were violated after being assaulted, under a case of mistaken identity, by other law enforcement officers.