Building owners and general contractors must provide safe places for sub-contractors to work – even when it is on a roof. A major corporation in Fishkill, NY hired a general contractor to do renovations to several of it’s buildings, including the flat roof. There was a snow and ice storm overnight and the flat roof was very slippery. Since the job was already shut down a few days earlier because of dangerous work conditions, the general contractor had to meet their deadline and chose to send workers on the roof without even salting or shoveling the roof. As our client walked across the roof he slipped on the ice and severely broke his wrist. After four surgeries, including a fusion to the wrist, our client was finally able to return to work. The case settled before a Columbia County jury heard the case for $1,250,000 by Trial Partner George Levy.
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