Due to factors including power tools, heavy machinery, high voltage, heights, and other hazards, construction sites are commonplace for accidents and severe injury. These cases involve many complexities and require you to prove negligence. If you suffered injuries or lost a loved one, you need an experienced attorney to navigate your claim to financial compensation.
Call (850) 460-8000 to speak to an experienced Miramar Beach construction accident lawyer at Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon to get started today.
Why Choose Our Miramar Construction Accident Lawyers?
Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon is a full-service law firm that has been serving the community’s construction injury needs—and more—for over 100 years. A trusted Miramar Beach construction accident lawyer on our team thoroughly investigates liability to ensure that all responsible parties are held accountable. Depending on the circumstances, liability can fall on multiple parties, such as employers, construction companies, property owners, contractors, subcontractors, equipment manufacturers, engineers, and government entities.
We Provide Free Case Consultations
Our attorneys provide free consultations to evaluate the circumstances of construction accident victims’ cases. These meetings allow us to assess case strengths, which we can build on and strategize, and weaknesses requiring extra preparation. Initial consultations allow potential clients to receive free legal advice and explore legal actions to recover compensation. After receiving your free consultation, there is no pressure or required commitment to retain our services.
We Believe in a Client-Focused Approach
Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon believes in fostering a client-focused approach. Our attorneys prioritize understanding and meeting our client’s needs, building trusting relationships, and delivering personalized service to boost client loyalty and satisfaction. Our legal team maintains clear and consistent communication with clients to extend sincere care and provide peace of mind.
We Work on a Contingency Fee Basis
Navigating the financial aftermath of a severe construction accident can be devastating and feel impossible. Our attorneys strive to serve client needs without adding to that pressure and stress. That’s why we work on a contingency fee basis, with zero out-of-pocket costs to you. Our fees are contingent on securing favorable insurance claim settlements. If we don’t win, you don’t owe us a cent.
Call Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon at (850) 460-8000 to schedule a free consultation with a trusted Miramar Beach construction accident lawyer. We provide honest assessments and pursue full compensation for valid claims and lawsuits. Our full-service law office is conveniently located in the Grand Boulevard Sandestin Town Center:
Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon
195 Grand Blvd #101
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
Compensation for a Miramar Beach Construction Accident
Our legal team thoroughly values all actual damages in your construction accident to ensure maximum compensation. Your construction accident’s economic and intangible losses make up the actual damages we assess when valuing your claim. Depending on the severity of your injuries, the sum of your economic losses, long-term care needs, and the overall impact of injuries on daily and long-term life, our attorneys evaluate the following damages:
Medical Expenses: All healthcare costs, including emergent, surgical, primary, and rehabilitation care. Future medical costs, such as long-term care needs, are factored into medical economic loss. We account for inflation.
Property Damages: The cost of replacing damaged personal property, such as sunglasses or prescription eyewear, phones, work boots, and clothing.
Lost Earnings: All income losses, including lost income, overtime, healthcare benefits, retirement, and promotions. Diminished earning capacity for injuries that limit ability or create an inability to return to work is assessed when necessary.
Pain and Suffering: Your intangible losses include the pain and suffering following a construction accident and injuries. These compensate for physical pain, disability, disfigurement, emotional distress, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), and a shortened life expectancy.
Other expenses derive from case specifics. It’s important to keep and provide documentation of all economic losses. Our team ensures their calculations when they are relevant to your injury claim. For example, travel time and expenses maintaining medical treatment plans, copays, and insurance deductibles can be recovered. In some instances, in-home childcare or daycare costs may be considered.
Types of Construction Accidents
Construction sites are hotbeds for hazardous conditions that cause accidents with moderate to catastrophic injuries. Struck-by objects or falling objects are leading causes of construction site accidents. Those involving heavy equipment and machinery are responsible for 75 percent of construction struck-by fatalities. Other common types of construction accidents include the following:
Trench or wall collapses
Defective or collapsing scaffolding
Power tool and heavy equipment accidents
Multi-story falls and other slip and fall accidents
Machinery accidents, including forklifts and cranes
Electrical injuries, such as electrocution
Fires and explosions
Demolition accidents
Exposure to toxic chemicals
A leading cause of fatal construction accidents is caught-in-between accidents, which occur when someone is pinned, squeezed, or crushed between two or more objects or heavy machines. Highway and freeway collisions also pose significant risks to construction road crews, especially in dark and poor weather conditions.
Construction Accident Injuries
Construction sites are prone to accidents and injuries due to hazards, including uneven terrain, slick surfaces, power cords, tools, and other debris. Moving objects such as vehicles and machinery add to the risks. Operating from scaffolding, ladders, and other high surfaces poses a serious threat to sustaining dangerous falls. Common construction accident injuries include:
Amputations
Broken bones
Cuts and lacerations
Whiplash and neck injuries
Back injuries, like herniated discs
Burns from electrocution and contact with hot surfaces
Spinal cord injuries (SCI), such as localized and generalized paralysis
Eye and ear injuries, including permanent vision and hearing impairment
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), including concussions and skull fractures
Hazardous materials are another real threat to construction workers. These include chemicals, fumes, dust, asbestos, silica, and other airborne particles that harm repository systems. Exposure can lead to various respiratory conditions, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), silicosis, and respiratory cancers.
We Fight for Fair Compensation for Construction Accidents
At Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon, we understand the financial, emotional, and life-long toll that injuries cause for our clients. We passionately advocate for your right to full and fair compensation for construction accident claims. Insurance claim adjusters notoriously undervalue damages to minimize their company losses. We know this and are prepared to fight for the fair settlement you are owed and deserve. Our firm will file civil lawsuits for construction accidents when insurers refuse to pay reasonably.
Speak to a Miramar Beach Construction Accident Lawyer
If you suffered injuries or lost a loved one in a construction accident, you need a compassionate and experienced attorney. Call (850) 460-8000 to speak to a trusted Miramar Beach personal injury lawyer at Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon. We thoroughly evaluate case damages and develop tailored legal strategies before aggressively negotiating fair settlements.
