Construction Accidents

About Construction Accident Claims

If you or a loved one have suffered a serious injury, a personal injury lawyer at Hoey & Farina can help!

Each experienced Chicago personal injury lawyer at Hoey & Farina provides legal representation for persons, or their surviving family members, who have suffered a serious injury or wrongful death at work or as a result of construction accident.

A construction accident can occur on residential property, commercial property or at a industrial construction site.

A construction accident can involve serious injuries to laborers, carpenters, electricians, ironworkers, crane operators, plumbers, masons, painters, sheet metal workers, welders, heavy equipment operators, but may also involve serious injuries to innocent bystanders, pedestrians or drivers.

Hoey & Farina’s personal injury lawyers concentrate in the complex litigation of construction accidents involving:

  • Construction Site Worker Injured On The Job, From:
    • Fall from Roof, Ladder, or Platform
    • Scaffolding Accident; Trench Collapse
    • Electrical Shock
    • Explosion
    • Fire
    • Compressed Gas and Welding Accident
    • Mobile and Operating Equipment
    • Truck Accident
    • Car Accident, Lifting Equipment Failure
  • Bystander / Pedestrian Injured At Construction Site Accident
  • Driver Injured In Highway Construction Accident

Contractors and site owners are responsible for providing a reasonably safe work / construction site environment. When a worker or person suffers a serious injury or wrongful death at or near a construction site, the owner or general contractor, subcontractor or even the architect may be liable for personal injuries sustained. Even a third party, such as the manufacturer of equipment which may have broke or failed, contributing to the construction accident, may be liable. The accident needs to be immediately investigated a personal injury lawyer at Hoey & Farina, working to protect your rights. If you, or a loved one, have been involved in a construction site accident and suffered a serious injury, such as:

  • Amputation
  • Blindness
  • Brain Damage / Closed Head Injury
  • CRPS - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Crush Injury
  • Disfigurement
  • Multiple Broken Bone
  • Paralysis
  • Permanent Disability
  • PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • RSD - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Wrongful Death

you will have large medical bills and lost wages from being off of work for long periods of time while disabled. If it is a work accident, workers’ compensation may pay for some of the medical bills and lost wages, but workers' compensation cannot adequately compensate you for permanent injuries and disability from a construction accident.

Hoey & Farina has obtained million dollar construction accident settlements and verdicts for our clients. Our team of construction accident attorneys, investigators, paralegals and legal assistants will protect your worker's rights, provide you with compassionate client service throughout your construction accident claim and obtain for you the results you deserve. No upfront fees or charges will be required to obtain your initial free consultation with Hoey & Farina. We collect a fee only after we have obtained a settlement or verdict on your behalf.

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Experienced personal injury attorneys are available to help you with you injury claim or wrongful death claim.

I wanted to sincerely thank the law firm of Hoey & Farina for their assistance in being there for me in my time of need when I sustained an injury while working."

Mac E.