Reports tonight of a construction worker death in partial collapse of a Boston Government Center garage. Yet one more awful example of just how dangerous construction site jobs are. Prayers to the family of the victim. A lawsuit will certainly follow here, and I hope the family is guided by…
Two Boston construction site workers were tragically killed earlier today in downtown Boston. While all such catastrophic events and the resulting tragedies are difficult to describe, this one was especially awful. According to multiple news media reports, including Boston25 News, the two construction workers – Jordan Romero from Lynn and…
In Part One of my post on this subject, we discussed how dangerous and severe Massachusetts Construction Site Accidents can be. Due to these realities, workers compensation payments alone for such catastrophic construction site accidents -which consist mostly of reimbursement for medical bills and lost wages – will often be…
The title to the above post is a good one, because when construction site workers suffer on-the-job injuries, who pays for those injuries can often be confusing, due to Massachusetts Workers Compensation laws, governed by M.G.L. Ch. 152. That’s because employees who are injured (or killed) while on the job…
The Boston Globe published a story recently, that as a Boston construction worker injury lawyer, I find very illuminating about a fact that many people, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic don’t know. Which is: Nearly a quarter of the overdose deaths recorded in a five year time…
Most of us see construction sites, and the cranes that tower over them, as an average, everyday thing. And they are, especially in cities. Most people see them as a sign of strong economic activity; investments in jobs and growth. Indeed, most of them are. We walk by them every…
When it comes to accidents and injuries, most of what we read and hear about in the average news cycle concerns Massachusetts motor vehicle accidents. Obviously, that’s a function of the number of vehicles on the road, and mathematics. Not so often seen, or written about, are Massachusetts construction site…
Most people wouldn’t associate propane gas with a high risk of serious personal injury. Aren’t they used, in fact, to heat many homes? Don’t people use propane tanks all the time to cook on their outdoor gas grills? Since that’s the case, the risk of injury in using them can’t…
As a Boston and Dedham construction site accident lawyer I know all too well that construction site accidents can be dangerous – and devastating. It’s interesting – most people who work on construction sites mistakenly sometimes believe that they can’t claim financial damages if they are injured, as the sites…
When the construction crew first heard – and felt – the pelting rain –it didn’t bother them. But when about six bolts of lightning hit nearby, the construction crew thought it was time to take cover. The construction crew was there to build a $2.4 million gambling casino. Bryan Bradley,…