Case: Construction Site Accident – Fall from Roof
Counsel: Salvatore DeSantis and Murad Sardar
Result: Complaint Dismissed in Favor of Construction Company
The plaintiff alleged that our client failed to properly safeguard and protect him while he was conducting framing work on a construction site, causing him to fall off of a garage structure. While our client was hired to perform work on the property, our client was not the general contractor or construction manager of the construction site, or on the construction site the day of the incident. Further, our client had not begun their contractual duties regarding the garage structure as they could not begin until the plaintiff had completed his work on the garage. MSD moved for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s Complaint as our client did not own the property, did not supervise, control, or manage the plaintiff’s work or the construction site, did not perform any work on the garage prior to the accident, and was not responsible for the plaintiff’s safety on the date of the incident. The Court granted summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s claims and all cross claims against our client.