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New Jersey Construction Accident Injury Attorneys

It’s no wonder you must wear a hardhat any time you’re near a construction site. Being a construction worker is one of the most dangerous jobs in New Jersey. Owners of property, general contractors, and construction managers often fail to provide safe work environments for construction workers.

Dangerous debris and unsecure materials lead to dangerous construction sites. And even though strict safety standards and regulations are in place, construction accidents still occur, unfortunately often resulting in serious injury or death.

The good news? New Jersey law allows injured workers to bring lawsuits against property owners, general contractors, and construction managers. And New Brunswick, NJ construction accident attorneys, Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq can help.

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Why Do You Need a Construction Injury Lawyer?

Construction accidents are ranked third for injury-caused deaths, behind mining and agriculture. Fifteen out of 100,000 construction workers die due to construction accidents!

Here are just a few examples of the types that may cause serious injury or death, despite tough regulations:

Motor vehicle crashes
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Scaffolding accidents
High altitude falls
Electrocution
Machinery accidents
Injuries from falling items
Heavy equipment injuries

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Every construction injury attorney at Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq prepares every case for trial, not for settlement purposes only. Each construction injury lawyer can help you receive New Jersey workers’ compensation benefits and possibly recover damages for pain and suffering, or losses you may have experienced due to your construction accident.

What to do after being injured in a construction accident in NJ

If you’ve been injured in a construction accident in New Jersey, you must contact an experienced lawyer as soon as possible. Determining liability in these cases can be complicated, and an attorney can take steps now to preserve evidence and identify all responsible parties.

This ensures that you receive the full and fair compensation you deserve and that all liable parties are held accountable. Keep in mind that there is also a short, two-year statute of limitations to take legal action for a workplace injury. So don’t delay — contact us today to learn more about your legal rights and options.

Common Liable Parties in a New Jersey Construction Accident

If you’ve been injured in a construction accident, you may be wondering if you have any legal options available to you. In New Jersey, workers’ compensation insurance generally prevents employees from filing personal injury lawsuits against their employers. However, there may be other parties who can be held liable for your injuries.

Some common liable parties in a New Jersey construction accident include the following:

The construction site owner — Many construction accidents result from hazardous conditions on the job site. The owner of the property where the construction is taking place may be held liable if they knew or should have known about the hazards and failed to take action to correct them.
The general contractor — The general contractor is typically responsible for overseeing the construction project and ensuring that it is carried out safely. If they fail to do so, they may be held liable for any resulting accidents and injuries.
The manufacturer of defective equipment — If you were injured by a piece of defective equipment, the manufacturer of that equipment may be held liable.

If you’ve been injured in a construction accident, you should speak to an experienced personal injury attorney to learn more about your legal options. An attorney can help you investigate the accident and determine who may be held liable for your injuries.

Common New Jersey Workplace Violations in the Construction Industry

OSHA takes workplace safety violations and their resulting injuries very seriously. They keep detailed statistics to monitor ongoing trends. According to OSHA’s list of commonly used statistics, five of the most common safety violations in one recent year specifically involved the construction industry.

Those violations were:

Fall protection systems violations
Ladder safety violations
Scaffolding safety violations
Fall protection training violations
Eye and face protection violations

If you work in the construction industry in New Jersey, it is important to be aware of these potential hazards and take steps to avoid them. If you are injured on the job due to a workplace violation, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.

How Much Do You Get Paid on Worker’s Comp in New Jersey?

If you’re injured at work in New Jersey, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. These benefits can include coverage of your medical expenses and wage replacement if you miss work. Here’s what you need to know about how much you may receive in workers’ comp benefits in the Garden State.

Medical Benefits

If you’re injured on the job in New Jersey, your medical expenses will be covered by workers’ compensation. This includes not only the cost of treatment by a doctor or at a hospital but also any necessary rehabilitation or therapy. Your benefits will continue until you either make a full recovery or your doctor decides that further treatment won’t improve your condition.

Wage Replacement Benefits

If you’re unable to work for more than seven days after your accident, you’re entitled to wage replacement benefits. These benefits are calculated using your average weekly wages before the accident and will be paid retroactively to the date of the accident. You’ll receive 70% of your average weekly wages, up to a maximum amount set by the state. These benefits will continue until you’re able to return to work or your doctor determines that you’ve reached maximum medical improvement.

Permanent Disability Benefits

If you suffer a permanent disability as a result of your on-the-job injury, you may be eligible for additional benefits. These benefits are based on a schedule outlined in state law and are paid in addition to your wage replacement benefits.

If you’re injured at work, it’s important to know what workers’ compensation benefits you may be entitled to in New Jersey. By understanding the types of benefits available, you can ensure that you receive the full amount of compensation to which you’re entitled.

Contact a New Jersey Worker’s Comp Construction Accident Lawyer Today

If you or a loved one has been injured in a construction accident, you know how stressful and overwhelming the process of seeking workers’ compensation can be. The last thing you want to worry about is how you’re going to pay your bills and support your family. Fortunately, the experienced New Jersey construction accident lawyers at Garces Grabler & LeBrocq can help.

We know how to navigate the workers’ compensation system and will work tirelessly to get you the benefits you deserve. We have a team of experts who can help build a strong case on your behalf, so you can focus on your recovery.

Don’t let the workers’ comp system work against you. We have convenient locations throughout New Jersey, and we’re ready to help you get the compensation you need and deserve.

If you or someone you care about was injured in a construction accident, contact an experienced NJ construction accident attorney at the law offices of Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq today at 800.923.3456. Our New Brunswick NJ construction site accident attorneys are eager to help you receive the compensation you deserve for your injuries and losses.

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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

Eligibility

Sweepstakes is offered only in the United States to legal residents of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of registration. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of Rutgers University Athletics(the “RU”), GGL Law (“RU” and together with GGL Law, “Sponsors”) and any of their respective agencies, owners, subsidiaries and affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and individual retail licensees or the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, grandson or granddaughter, regardless of where they live) or members of their same households (whether related or not) of each such individuals are not eligible to participate or win a prize. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of GGL Law (the judging organization), which are final and binding in all respects.

Sweepstakes Period

Sweepstakes period begins August 10th, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on the day before the home opener (the “Sweepstakes Period”). There will be one (1) drawing after each Entry Period. The time clock of the Sweepstakes administrator is the official clock for this Sweepstakes.

Entry

You may enter by completing the following steps:

Following GGL on social media
Entering the sweepstakes via GGL website
Confirm that you are 18 years of age or older and agree to the Official Rules.

Proof of entry of submission does not equate to proof of receipt. Entries will not be judged. Entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules.

LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PER ENTRY PERIOD DURING SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD (REGARDLESS OF WHETHER MORE THAN ONE PERSON USES THE SAME E- MAIL ADDRESS). If more than one entry is received in one Entry Period (as defined in Section 4 below), only the first entry will be entered into the Sweepstakes, and all other entries will be disregarded. Each Entry Period will begin and end in accordance with Section 4 below. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner(s) may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected or illegible entry; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, or service provider/Internet/Web site/use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion or unauthorized human intervention. No mass entries or mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted. All entries become the exclusive property of GGL Law and will not be returned or acknowledged. Any attempts by an individual to access the Website via a bot script or other brute-force attack will result in that IP address becoming ineligible. GGL will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the fullest extent of the law. GGL reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Sweepstakes without notice if, in GGL’s sole discretion, the Sweepstakes becomes infected or otherwise corrupted or if any of the Rutgers games are canceled or postponed.

Drawings

For each Entry Period, one (1) random drawing will be held on the drawing date specified below from among all eligible entries received. Winners of the drawing will be notified by e-mail, telephone, overnight carrier or regular mail within approximately two (2) days of the drawing. If, after two (2) attempts, contact has not been made, prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner will randomly be selected from the eligible entries received for the memory/moment that received the most votes during that Entry Period. Fulfillment agent must speak with potential winner.

Drawing	Entry Period	Weekly Drawing Date
1	August 10th, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. ET through the evening of the first home game.	Day prior to first home game

Prizes/Odds

In accordance with these Official Rules, one (1) winner will be selected at each of the Weekly Drawings as necessary . For each Drawing, one (1) winner will receive the following prizes – two (2) tickets to Rutgers vs. USC Football Game on October 25th, 2024 at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Roundtrip airfare and reasonable accommodations for two (2) nights, Limit one prize per person or e-mail address (regardless of whether more than one person uses the same e- mail address) per Entry Period. Odds of winning will be determined by the total number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period. No assignment, transfer or substitution of prize is permitted except by GGLin the event of prize unavailability. Taxes on or connected with the prize and the reporting consequences thereof are the sole and exclusive responsibility of winner.

General Conditions

Winners may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within five (5) days of notification of the prize. Failure to return documents timely, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, may result in disqualification with an alternate winner selected. Where permitted by law, winner agrees to grant to the RU and GGL to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, at any time or times, the winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration; and further without such additional compensation appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may include filming/audio/video/electronic or other recordings and/or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by GGL and RU. Failure to make such appearances or grant such rights may result in disqualification with an alternate winner or potential winner selected; and while not obligated to do so, RU and/or GGL may, in their sole discretion, bear such reasonable costs and expenses that RU and GGL in their sole discretion, deem appropriate for winners or potential winners to appear for a presentation or other activity. Further, each winner and entrant agrees to release and hold harmless RU, GGL, and their respective affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any Sweepstakes related activity, or participation in this Sweepstakes. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Limitations of Liability

Neither GGL or RU is responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Website. Neither of GGL or RU is responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the Website. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of GGL, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, GGL reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Internet portion of this Sweepstakes for any drawing(s) and select the winner from Internet entries received for that drawing prior to the action taken. IN NO EVENT WILL GGL or RU OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AFFILIATES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE www.gglwins.com OR THE WEBSITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THESE SITES IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Disputes

As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in the state of New Jersey having competent jurisdiction, which Court shall apply the laws of the state of New Jersey without regard for doctrines of conflict of law. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

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Construction Injury

New Jersey Construction Accident Injury Attorneys

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Why Do You Need a Construction Injury Lawyer?

Prepared for Trial

What to do after being injured in a construction accident in NJ

Common Liable Parties in a New Jersey Construction Accident

Common New Jersey Workplace Violations in the Construction Industry

How Much Do You Get Paid on Worker’s Comp in New Jersey?

Medical Benefits

Wage Replacement Benefits

Permanent Disability Benefits

Contact a New Jersey Worker’s Comp Construction Accident Lawyer Today

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Recent GGL Wins

Construction Accident

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Verdict

Construction Accident

$600 Thousand

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$650 Thousand

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