HOUSTON CAR ACCIDENT LAWYER

What are my options to recover compensation after a construction accident?

In the event of any construction-related accident, seek the advice of a lawyer familiar with Texas state laws as well as federal laws to go over the options you have available.

First, it is important to understand your rights under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. These benefits are available regardless of fault and provide medical care to treat the injury as well as partial income benefits to replace a portion of lost wages. If your employer or a coworker’s negligence caused an accident, you may be able to recover benefits for your injury.

Providing workers’ comp benefits protects employers from liability in a personal injury lawsuit, though. So workers may be unable to sue their employer for injuries they sustained on the job site when they are covered by workers’ comp.

However, when a third party is to blame for construction-related injuries, the worker may pursue compensation from the third party via a lawsuit. These types of cases are a type of personal injury lawsuit and are not uncommon in construction accident cases given the many parties involved in construction projects. We will analyze the facts at hand and advise you on the best course of action possible.

Third-Party Lawsuits for Construction Accidents

Some of these third parties may include:

• Owners of the construction site;
• Architects of buildings on the site;
• Subcontractors;
• General contractors; or
• Equipment manufacturers.

All of these third parties can be responsible for providing a safe and standards-compliant construction site. In the event of a construction-related accident, we will review all of these and any other associated parties to determine if a third party might be liable for your damages. Our personal injury lawyers have been winning cases for Texas families for over three decades.

If someone else contributed to the accident, you must establish the third party owed you a duty of care, violated that duty by acting negligently, and that you suffered injuries and damages as a result of the negligence. So if a piece of equipment is defective and causes your injuries, you may be able to pursue compensation from the manufacturer in a product liability case.

We have handled numerous multi-million dollar cases for construction accident victims and their families. Our construction accident attorneys have won cases against subs, general contractors, equipment manufacturers, and property owners. From trench cave-ins to fatal falls, our lawyers have never lost a construction accident case.