Charles P. Keller and Richard G. Erickson | Snell & Wilmer | January 28, 2019 Construction accidents are inevitable, even for clients who implement and enforce a meticulous safety plan on a project. Despite best intentions and protections afforded to contractors, employees, subcontractors, vendors and property, construction accidents happen. We, therefore, try to advise clients… Continue reading Legal Accountability and Construction Accidents: Investigating, Reporting and Engaging Outside Counsel
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Say What? The Rise Of Criminal Liability For Construction Accidents
Christopher D. Myers and Cheri T. Gatlin | Best Practices Construction Law | May 18, 2018 “To err is human; to forgive divine.” – Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism.” Last week marked the end of Construction Safety Week 2018, a combined effort by the Construction Industry Safety (CISI) group and the Incident and Injury Free… Continue reading Say What? The Rise Of Criminal Liability For Construction Accidents
The Use of Mediation for Construction Accidents
Ronald Sherr | The Legal Intelligencer | August 12, 2016 The percentage of plaintiffs’ verdicts in Philadelphia Common Pleas Courts has decreased dramatically in 2015. It is most noticeable in construction cases. Construction cases are complex, costly and tough to win in jury trials. They usually involve multiple defendants in different disciplines and require expert… Continue reading The Use of Mediation for Construction Accidents
A Sharp Rise in Construction Accidents and Fatalities
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer – May 6, 2014 The construction industry is one of the most dangerous for workers in the United States. In 2009, private industry construction workers died on the job nearly three times more often than all other workers in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also,… Continue reading A Sharp Rise in Construction Accidents and Fatalities
Construction Accidents: More than Workers Comp
Michael Barasch – September 24, 2013 Trapped over three hours in mud the consistency of quicksand, a New York construction worker had begun to lose feeling in his legs after falling 15 feet into a trench. The mud, intensified by falling rain in June of this year, worsened the emergency on a worksite that was… Continue reading Construction Accidents: More than Workers Comp