The Platta Law Firm

$890,837

Pedestrian Accident

A woman was struck by a turning bread truck while crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. She sustained a tibial plateau fracture and torn meniscus (requiring surgical repair), and lower back bulges (requiring laminectomy surgery).

$48M

Construction Accident

Dariusz H., a Polish immigrant, was the victim of a near-fatal fall from a height-related construction accident back in 2016. Though it didn’t kill him, it inflicted severe spinal injuries requiring multiple surgeries and disabling him for life. This accident was caused by the negligence of one of the contractors, improperly placing a temporary wooden staircase for the workers to use on site. On the day of the accident, the staircase was improperly moved and not secured, unbeknownst to Dariusz, who stepped on it and caused the floor to collapse beneath him. He sustained dramatic injuries as a result, deeming him a tetraplegic for life.

$3M

Construction Accident

Our client fell due to excessive debris (yellow strings used to tie cardboard boxes) tangled in his feet while walking through a hallway on a job site. He had previously requested workers to remove the debris.

$1.5M

Construction Accident

A worker was struck by a tar bucket that fell from a hoist's container while being lowered from a school building roof. There was no planking in the hoistway to protect against falling objects, nor tag lines to control swaying. He sustained a bimalleolar fracture and transverse fracture of the medial malleolus of the left ankle (requiring open reduction internal fixation surgery), and lower back herniations (requiring fusion surgery).

$2.2M

Construction Accident

A 50-year-old roofer slipped and fell on ice that accumulated on an uneven roof surface at a New York City university library. He sustained serious injuries including lower back herniations, meniscus tears in his knee (requiring arthroscopic surgery), and shoulder tears (requiring surgery).

$1.6M

Construction Accident

A worker was injured while removing a large cast iron radiator with a partner. A large metal plate obscured by the radiator hit it, causing the radiator to fall and strike the plaintiff. He sustained injuries in both knees (requiring surgeries), fractures in the right foot (requiring surgical repair), and lower back herniations (requiring future fusion surgery).