Messa Law has built a strong reputation representing injured workers on construction and other job sites, including multi-million dollar settlements and awards.

In today’s era of workers compensation, employer responsibility for work-related injuries is usually addressed by a company’s insurance. However, injuries can often be caused by situations far beyond the employer’s control and that is where Messa Law can help. Our experience and perspective on these issues, along with dedication, helps to clarify whether a person or company other than the employer is responsible for a construction or work-related injury. Some examples of our how we’ve been able help injured workers and their families:

Some examples of how we’ve been able help injured workers and their families.

– Confidential: $35 million recovery for a man who was ejected from the seat of a tractor trailer he was driving after the brakes failed. Although he was wearing his seatbelt, The Plaintiff was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, the tractor trailer jack-knifed. It was forced off the highway and crashed into a guardrail. The seatbelt failed to restrain the man in his seat. As a result, he hit the top of his head, breaking his neck. Also, he was ejected through the driver-side window. The injuries resulted in quadriplegia and other catastrophic injuries.

– Litka v. Atlantic City Electric Company: $7.2 million verdict for an electrocution case in Camden County.

Confidential: $3.3 million settlement for truck driver who sustained severe electrical burns when his dump trailer came in contact with uninsulated electric utility lines.

Confidential: $1.6 million settlement for an ironworker injured when he took a fall at construction site.