Kirkland Scaffolding Accident Lawyer
Get Legal Help After a Scaffolding Injury in Washington
Construction sites can be extremely dangerous, even under the very best circumstances. Remodeling or constructing buildings and other structures often requires the use of large machines, hazardous tools, heavy equipment, and precarious building sites. These specialized tools and machines often make construction jobs inherently risky, especially when scaffolding is involved.
Workers involved with scaffolding construction often work from enormous heights and face a serious risk of falling if the scaffolding is broken, defective, incorrectly installed, or otherwise unstable.
According to OSHA and WISHA, there are nearly 80 annual deaths caused by scaffolding incidents and more than 10,000 annual scaffolding injuries. In other words, scaffolding accidents account for approximately 10% of all construction site deaths. If you or someone you know was injured in a scaffolding accident, you may have a legal right to workers’ compensation or a personal injury claim.
Call Attorney Robert Kornfeld today at (425) 657-5255 for a free consultation regarding your scaffolding accident.
Why Trust Lindquist & Kornfeld With Your Scaffolding Injury Case?
- More than $35 million in settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients
- Attorney Kornfeld has 40+ years of legal experience
- We won’t charge you any fees unless we win!
- Aggressive, personal legal representation you can count on
Our Proven Results
Our top priority is to devise customized legal strategies that are tailored to the unique legal needs of our clients, no matter how simple or complicated their situations, might be.
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$50,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
A hit and run car accident that totaled Plaintiff’s car. Plaintiff suffered neck, back, left shoulder and arm injuries as well as PTSD.
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$200,000 Race Discrimination
Fish processor recovers $200,000 for Race Discrimination aboard a fish processor because he was Hispanic.
Employment Law -
$925,000 Medical Malpractice
Gutierrez v. Marumanji, et. al. (Lewis Co. Superior Court ): During labor and delivery of baby Armondo, the attending hospital and doctor failed to recognize that the baby was in fetal distress and deliver the baby sooner. To compound the neurological damage to the baby during the labor and delivery, the baby was severely burned when a hospital nurse improperly used a heating pad. Five years later, the child remains deeply scarred on his back.
Medical Malpractice -
$350,000 Premise Liability
Jane Doe vs Grocery Store, et al: A mother was shopping with her daughter, son in law, and granddaughter. She reached down to select a spice bottle and the shelf system collapsed on her head and neck, causing neck and upper back injuries. The client suffered cervical injuries and underwent a double level cervical fusion with hardware and bone graft from her hip. The supplier, grocery store and manufacturer of the spice product each contributed to the settlement.
Brain Injury -
$5,200,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
We recovered $5.2 Million from the government for a woman who sustained a spine injury in a motor vehicle accident due to an unsafe and defective highway design.
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$50,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
Plaintiff was riding a motorcycle when the Defendant pulled out in front of him. Plaintiff was thrown from his motorcycle. Plaintiff sustained fractured carpal bones, torn acetabular labrum and bone contusion, pain in the pelvic region and thigh, pain in the forearm and low back pain.
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$850,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
Spinal Cord injury to Quadriplegic Patient: A quadriplegic passenger strapped and secured in his van suffered a cervical strain-whiplash injury in a car accident.
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$650,000 Motor Vehicle Accident
John Doe v. Trans-America Insurance: Commercial Dump Truck Driver suffered a hip injury and permanent nerve damage to his foot
Car Accident -
$825,000 Construction Accident
A sheet metal and HVAC worker with the help of a spinal cord injury attorney, Rob Kornfeld, settled a construction fall injury when he was thrown from a forklift used as a man-lift in a warehouse operation provided by another. This resulted in spinal fractures of the low back, and spinal cord injury noted by hyper-reflexia on clinical exam.
Brain Injury
Common Causes of Scaffolding Accidents
When working with scaffolding, any instability, no matter how small, can result in a serious or deadly disaster. Whether construction crews are acting carelessly or the building supplies are faulty, there are many factors that can contribute to a construction accident.
A few common causes of scaffolding accidents include:
- Improperly secured scaffolding
- Lack of guardrails or adequate protection
- Inadequate harnesses, or lack of harnesses
- Poorly trained scaffolding workers, or inexperienced workers
- Defective scaffolding planks
- Scaffolds are not equipped with toe-boards
- Faulty scaffolding design
Any of these inadequacies can cause a serious problem at a scaffolding site, leading to falling material, or even fallen workers. Scaffolding problems could include insecure attachments, part failure, lack of fall protection, inadequate site management, or overloaded scaffolds. These accidents could injure workers and innocent bystanders alike, and can lead to very serious damage.
Injuries caused by scaffolding may include:
- Fractures to the hips, arms, legs and body
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Serious lacerations or contusions
- Damage to internal organs
- Death from cranes and heavy equipment
- Falls from not being properly tied off with fall protection
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Seek Justice With Our Kirkland Scaffolding Accident Attorney
Attorney Robert Kornfeld can help you fight for the compensation you deserve after a construction accident involving scaffolding. If you were wrongfully injured due to the negligence or error of someone else, you might be able to seek compensation for the resulting damages. Compensation for damages may include pain and suffering, past and future medical expenses, and loss of wages. If you were a construction worker, our firm can also assist with your workers’ compensation claim.
Contact Lindquist & Kornfeld to speak with our legal team. We accept construction related injury and wrongful death cases in Kirkland, Bellevue, Kirkland, Everett, and the Greater Washington State Area. Plus, we take out-of-state cases. Call (425) 657-5255 today for a free consultation, or email Rob at Rob@Kornfeldlaw.com for a quick answer to your legal questions.
