Three people were critically injured when a walkway collapsed in downtown San Diego on August 28th. The incident occurred at a construction site at 15th Street and Imperial Avenue. A covered wooden walkway, which was meant to protect pedestrians from falling debris, collapsed. Two women and one man suffered critical Read more »
Information on personal injury law related to construction accidents and workplace accidents.
Ironworker killed in downtown San Diego
by JDC June 13, 2008
An ironworker employed by Kaylake Industries was killed on June 12th in downtown San Diego. 21-year-old Valentin Michel Madrigal was working at 10th and A Streets on the 35th floor of Vantage Point condominiums. Mr. Madrigal was attempting to connect his safety harness to another hook when he lost his Read more »
Defendant dismissed from 2007 construction accident case
by JDC June 11, 2008
A defendant has been dismissed from a personal injury lawsuit stemming from a 2007 construction accident. Two workers were killed and several injured when formwork collapsed on construction at the Bay St. Louis Bridge. The victims fell 50 feet. It was initially believed that a Matthews Marine tugboat struck a Read more »
2 killed in Manhattan construction accident
by JDC June 3, 2008
Two workers were killed during a construction accident in Manhattan on May 30th. 30-year-old Donald C. Leo and Ramadan Kurtaj, 27, were killed when a crane crashed into a 23-story apartment building at 354 East 91st Street, damaging 45 out of 169 apartments. New York Crane and Equipment Corporation owned Read more »
Settlement reached in 2003 construction accident
by JDC June 2, 2008
$925,000 has been awarded in the case of a 2003 construction accident. On November 17th, Luis Marquez Jr. was employed by Keenan, Hopkins, Schmidt & Stowell Contractors, Inc. Mr. Marquez was working on a construction site when a platform gave way and he fell seven stories. Mr. Marquez Read more »
Case settled in construction accident
by JDC May 30, 2008
A case has been settled regarding a construction worker who was injured in 2003. 38-year-old Saul Garcia was in the lift gate of a truck, when the driver reversed and hit a concrete median. Mr. Garcia fell from the lift gate and suffered a dislocated shoulder and a labrum tear, Read more »
Worker killed in construction accident
by JDC
A demolition worker employed by Whillock Contracting was killed on May 29th while working on the Unified Port of San Diego project. The man was at 550 Marina Parkway in Chula Vista demolishing the old Rohr and Goodrich Corp. building. He was in the process of taking down a wall Read more »
Victim wins case in construction accident
by JDC May 23, 2008
A lawsuit has been settled in the case of a 2003 construction accident in Gilroy. On August 7th, 49-year-old Manuel Pereira, a sheetrock specialist, was working for a subcontractor for Greg Farotte Construction, Inc. Mr. Pereira was performing work in a scissor lift at El Amigo Restaurant. The machinery rolled Read more »
Two injured construction workers undergo surgery
by JDC
Two days after the May 19th hotel explosion in downtown San Diego, two of the injured construction workers had surgery for temporary skin grafts. Doctors at the UCSD Medical Center burn unit are still keeping the patients in drug-induced comas for another two weeks to control pain. They may be Read more »
Investigation continues into hotel explosion
by JDC May 21, 2008
Investigations are continuing into the cause of the explosion at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton on May 19th. Fire officials believe the blast was the result of flames from a water heater or an electrical spark igniting natural gas that was leaking into the mechanical room. It has been determined Read more »
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