Workplace Accidents/ Products Litigation

Personal Injury
Litigation

Workplace Accidents / Products Litigation

Personal Injury
Litigation

Workplace Accidents /
Products Litigation

Through the years, the law firm of Trief & Olk has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of people who have sustained tragic or life-altering injuries caused by unsafe or defective products, whether at the workplace, at home, or elsewhere. We have represented homeowners harmed by defective appliances and employees injured by faulty equipment they were operating on the job. Trief & Olk has also represented workers who have been injured due to the failure of owners, contractors, and subcontractors to follow safe construction practices.

Trief & Olk’s experience in the field of products liability will ensure that you have the legal representation necessary to properly litigate your products liability claim.

Product liability cases are complex and require sophistication in handling the array of issues these cases involve, including suing multiple different companies (sometimes with foreign parent corporations or subsidiaries), working with expert witnesses requiring an extensive investment of time and money, understanding how to gather evidence from companies based abroad, and knowing which court(s) would be authorized to hear the case. Trief & Olk’s experience in the field will ensure that you have the legal representation necessary to properly litigate your products liability claim.

Products Liability Successes:

Trief & Olk has successfully represented numerous clients in a broad range of products liability cases including:

Multi-million dollar recovery for family injured in car accident caused by tire separation,
where success involved two appeals involving disputes as to the application of
foreign law and requiring tire company to disclose information claimed
to be trade secrets.

Settlement of over $1 million on behalf of grocery store owner who suffered
extensive damage including the loss of his hand while using an Italian-made pasta
machine that failed to shut off automatically as it had been designed to do.
The Italian manufacturer had no United States offices or employees but we were
able to sue the United States distributor.

Multi-million dollar award for worker falling while washing windows due
to a defective safety device whose spinal cord was damaged, rendering him
unable to walk without assistance.

Settlement of over $1 million for client suffering the loss of four fingers when
his hand became trapped in rollers of a rubber mill machine lacking a standard
safety device, which we were able to show was contrary to industry recommendations.

Settlement of over $1 million for employee whose right hand was amputated while
operating a redesigned mixing machine, when the removed the safety device that
would have prevented the accident.

Multi-million dollar recovery for family injured in car accident caused by tire separation, where success involved
two appeals involving disputes as to
the application of foreign law and requiring tire company to disclose information claimed to be
trade secrets.

Settlement of over $1 million on behalf
of grocery store owner who suffered
extensive damage including the loss
of his hand while using an Italian-made
pasta machine that failed to shut off automatically as it had been designed
to do. The Italian manufacturer had
no United States offices
or employees but we were able
to sue the United States distributor.

Multi-million dollar award for worker
falling while washing windows due
to a defective safety device whose
spinal cord was damaged, rendering
him unable to walk without
assistance.

Settlement of over $1 million for
client suffering the loss of four fingers when his hand became trapped in
rollers of a rubber mill machine lacking
a standard safety device, which we
were able to show was contrary to industry recommendations.

Settlement of over $1 million for employee whose right hand was amputated while operating a
redesigned mixing machine,
when the removed the safety
device thatwould have prevented
the accident.

Trief & Olk has repeatedly represented workers harmed by unsafe equipment or construction practices.

Workplace accident injuries are, unfortunately, an all too frequent occurrence, especially in the construction industry. New York and New Jersey Workers’ Compensation laws limit employees’ rights to file a lawsuit against their employers for accidents taking place while working. However, there may be other parties responsible for the employees’ injuries, and the attorneys at Trief & Olk have been successful in obtaining justice for injured employees despite the limitations of workers’ compensation laws.

Workplace Injury Successes:

Multi-million dollar settlement for construction worker struck by a falling light pole who suffered severe injuries including multiple fractures to the hips and pelvis as well as head trauma.

$2 million settlement for NYC public school custodian who fell from an A-frame ladder, resulting in lumbar injuries requiring a disc fusion surgery.

Settlement over $1 million for laborer injured at a municipal construction project in lower Manhattan when he fell while descending an improperly secured ladder, suffering from a skull fracture with bleeding in the brain resulting in mild cognitive impairments as well as herniations to his cervical and lumbar regions.

Settlement over $1 million for worker who fell from a scaffold when his tools came into contact with an electrical wire, causing herniated lumbar and cervical discs.

Multi-million dollar settlement
for construction worker struck
by a falling light pole who suffered
severe injuries including multiple
fractures to the hips and pelvis
as well as head trauma.

$2 million settlement for NYC
public school custodian who
fell from an A-frame ladder,
resulting in lumbar injuries
requiring a disc fusion surgery.

Settlement over $1 million for
laborer injured at a municipal
construction project in lower
Manhattan when he fell while
descending an improperly
secured ladder, suffering from a
skull fracture with bleeding in
the brain resulting in mild cognitive impairments as well as herniations
to his cervical and lumbar regions.

Settlement over $1 million for
worker who fell from a
scaffold when his tools came into
contact with an electrical wire,
causing herniated
lumbar and cervical discs.

If you or someone you know has been injured by a faulty or defective product, or an on-the-job accident, we may be able to achieve compensation for the injured party. Please contact our lawyers in New York or New Jersey to discuss your case.

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