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Workplace Accidents

For over 40 years now, when accidents happen on the job, Western New York workers count on Lipsitz Green’s integrity and know-how to win the big cases and just awards.

We know you work hard, and we fight just as hard to dig out the facts, convince courts, and right wrongs. At the same time, we’ll expedite your workers’ compensation claim to help get you immediate relief and represent you in your social security disability claim.

We’re compassionate—and passionate about winning for workers. That means we’ll stick with you over the long-haul, use the best expert witnesses available, and follow-through in your best interest, whatever it takes. And our track record shows it.

Also, our long history representing Buffalo labor unions and negotiating labor contracts for them means we know workplace safety issues and work rules—in construction, manufacturing, transportation, and more.

When your and your family’s future depends on winning justice for your injury caused by others’ negligence, depend on the rock-solid experience and unwavering standards of our top workplace accident attorneys—some of Buffalo’s most highly regarded.

Call one of our top lawyers today. Just click on a name to the right for a phone number.

Verdicts & Settlements

$25,000,000: A settlement was received by a local driver who was severely injured when a liquid nitrogen tank he was delivering ruptured.
$1,800,000: Outcome awarded to worker injured by fall
$3,000,000: Settlement awarded to carpenter for head injury sustained in a fall from a scaffold
$2,200,000: Jury awarded a union laborer amount for leg injuries suffered when he was struck by steel on a bridge construction site
$1,500,000: Outcome awarded to worker who suffered an ankle injury after falling from a ladder
$1,000,000: Outcome received by the widow of a traffic reporter killed when a helicopter in which he was a passenger struck an unmarked overhead electrical line
$1,900,000: Verdict earned for a worker injured during a construction site accident
$1,500,000: A laborer received settlement for a foot injury he received when struck by a Jersey barrier on a road construction project
$1,400,000: Union boilermaker received aware after suffering serious back injuries when he slipped and fell on water on the floor of a boiler
$1,000,000: A Drywall worker received an arbitration award for a knee injury he sustained when he fell off dry wall stilts
$1,400,000: A Niagara County laborer received settlement when he slipped and fell on a construction site, sustaining a back injury
$750,000: A factory worker received award when his arm was injured as he reached into a machine to adjust a part
$1,200,000: Award received by union laborer after sustaining a fractured toe and reflex sympathetic dystrophy on a highway reconstruction project
$800,000: An arbitration award was received by a drywall worker for leg and wrist injuries he sustained when falling off stilts at work
$550,000: Jury awarded a 35-year old truck driver verdict as a result of burns on his arms suffered when sprayed with hot asphalt while assisting another driver
$750,000: Award received by non-union painter after stepping off a scaffold during the construction of a house and suffering a fractured ankle
$172,000: Jury awarded a telephone operator for a shoulder injury sustained as a result of a fall at work
$650,000: A non-union laborer received award after suffering a serious back injury when a power buggy he was operating malfunctioned, pinning him against a wall
$500,000: A tractor trailer driver sustained injuries when her tire blew out on an interstate highway
$645,000: A carpenter/construction worker who fell from a scaffold while repairing a building received a settlement as he suffered a fractured heel and ankle
$375,000: A steelworker received award after falling from the roof of a building while removing roofing tiles
$250,000: A deliveryman received award after being rear-ended by a truck and suffering neck and back injuries

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