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How to Determine the Settlement Value of Your Personal Injury Case

Brett Leitner

May 9, 20234 min read

How to Determine the Settlement Value of Your Personal Injury Case

Injuries from accidents can significantly affect one's life and can cause difficulties in one's daily routine. Injury victims should be...

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Why Every New York Construction Worker Should Know About Labor Laws 200, 240, and 24

Brett Leitner

May 8, 20234 min read

Why Every New York Construction Worker Should Know About Labor Laws 200, 240, and 24

Construction workers face a number of hazards on the job, and scaffold accidents are one of the most common. Injuries sustained in scaffold

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Can a Bystander Sue for a Construction Accident Injury?

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

May 5, 20232 min read

Can a Bystander Sue for a Construction Accident Injury?

Being a bystander at a construction site can be a dangerous situation. Construction sites are known to be hazardous places, and if you...

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What are the Top Safety Hazards in Construction?

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Mar 24, 20233 min read

What are the Top Safety Hazards in Construction?

Construction sites are complex and dynamic environments, with an ongoing mix of heavy machinery, manual labor, and ever-changing project...

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What are "Damages" in my personal injury lawsuit?

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Jan 22, 20234 min read

What are "Damages" in my personal injury lawsuit?

Compensatory damages are a type of monetary award provided to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as compensation for losses or harm suffered...

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Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Jan 6, 20233 min read

The Most Common Construction Accidents

Construction sites can be dangerous places for workers. Accidents can happen in an instant, and the consequences of a construction...

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What is the “Scaffold Law” sand how does it protect the safety of constriction workers?

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Dec 27, 20223 min read

What is the “Scaffold Law” sand how does it protect the safety of constriction workers?

Labor Law 240, also known as the Scaffold Law, is a New York state law that provides protection for construction workers who may be injured

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Cold Weather Construction Injuries in New York

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Dec 16, 20222 min read

Cold Weather Construction Injuries in New York

Construction workers in New York face a wide range of construction accident injury risks every day on the job. Although most construction...

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What to Know About Highway Work Zone Construction Injuries

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Dec 9, 20222 min read

What to Know About Highway Work Zone Construction Injuries

Work zones on highways and other major roads are among the most dangerous places for a construction worker to work. While speed limits...

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LEITNER VARUGHESE PLLC

Nov 4, 20222 min read

Construction Site Falls From Heights

Construction workers frequently must perform jobs on scaffolding, roofs, ladders, bridges, and other materials that have them many feet...

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New York Crane Accident Highlights Risks of Serious Injury in Construction

Brett Leitner

Oct 28, 20223 min read

New York Crane Accident Highlights Risks of Serious Injury in Construction

Crane accidents can result in severe and deadly injuries on construction sites, and nearly anyone on or near the construction site can be...

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Construction Trenching and Excavation Accidents: Things to Know

Brett Leitner

Oct 1, 20223 min read

Construction Trenching and Excavation Accidents: Things to Know

Excavation and trenching work is some of the most dangerous work in the construction industry. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease...

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Preventable Falls on New York Construction Sites: Things to Consider

Brett Leitner

Sep 29, 20223 min read

Preventable Falls on New York Construction Sites: Things to Consider

Falls from heights are routinely cited as the leading cause of construction accident fatalities, and most if not all of these falls are...

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Commonly Asked Questions About New York Construction Accidents

Brett Leitner

Sep 10, 20222 min read

Commonly Asked Questions About New York Construction Accidents

Construction accidents in New York occur with more frequency than you might think, and rates of construction injuries and deaths have...

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What to Know About Recent New York Construction Safety Legislation

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Aug 19, 20223 min read

What to Know About Recent New York Construction Safety Legislation

What to Know About Recent New York Construction Safety Legislation Construction in and around New York City is common, and the state of...

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Construction Accidents Caused by Negligent Training

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Jul 22, 20222 min read

Construction Accidents Caused by Negligent Training

Construction Accidents Caused by Negligent Training Construction accidents in New York can happen for many different reasons, and various...

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New York Construction Fatalities and the Lessons of 20 Bruckner Boulevard

Leitner Varughese Warywoda

Jun 21, 20223 min read

New York Construction Fatalities and the Lessons of 20 Bruckner Boulevard

New York construction accidents and injuries have been at high levels for quite some time, and recent reports suggest that construction...

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Five Things to Know About Electrocution Construction Accidents

Brett Leitner

May 29, 20222 min read

Five Things to Know About Electrocution Construction Accidents

Construction accidents can occur in a wide variety of ways, and many serious accidents and injuries result from negligence. One common...

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Brett Leitner

Mar 13, 20222 min read

High-Rise Construction Injury Risks

Construction workers can face injury risks at almost any type of jobsite, whether they are working on an underground excavation with...

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Learning More About Slips, Trips, and Falls at Construction Sites

Brett Leitner

Jan 17, 20222 min read

Learning More About Slips, Trips, and Falls at Construction Sites

Construction sites in New York pose many different hazards, from heavy machinery that can cause serious injuries to dangerous scaffolding...

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