Personal Injury Lawyer Comments On Woman’s Reflection Of Friend Killed In Virginia Accident

LipsigLawyers.com’s Thomas Moverman recently described a woman’s recollection of a friend who died in a construction accident as both moving and disheartening. Moverman said that though the woman’s sentiments about her friend were touching, he hopes that no other families or friends have to deal with the loss of a loved one due to a terrible accident.

ABC 3 reported that a close friend of a 50-year-old construction accident victim took time recently to recall who her friend was. After recounting her friend’s strong work ethic and family ties, the woman recalled that her friend had always put her heart and soul into everything she did, the report said. The victim had died after a tragic accident involving a dump truck.

Though individuals who are not workers can sometimes be affected by the possibility of construction accidents, the most common forms of injury, such as slips, trips, and falls, usually affect those who work in the industry. These types of accidents in addition to electrocution and being stuck between objects or struck by them, accounted for over half of construction worker deaths in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The OSHA reported that more than 20 percent of all work-related fatalities in 2013 were employed in the construction industry and that one in five of the 4,821 reported fatalities in 2014 were also in the construction industry.

Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman have been representing victims of construction accidents for years. The firm is currently looking to assist those individuals who have been injured in a construction accident and qualifying individuals may be entitled to financial compensation. They have successfully obtained millions in settlements for those victims and strongly believe in fighting for the compensation victims need and deserve. In one case, Attorney Thomas Moverman won a victim $2.6 million for a worker who injured his knee and back in a fall from defective scaffolding.

“Most of these actions help to make our environment and the workplace safer so that others will not have to endure these painful losses,” said Moverman of the firm’s work.

For more information on construction injuries, or for a free consultation, contact an attorney with Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman at (646)-846-4496.