Charleston Personal Injury Attorney Lindsay Blanks Understands Complex Construction Site Injury Cases
Construction site injury lawsuits can be complicated, but Charleston personal injury. Attorney Lindsay Blanks understands the special needs of these cases. Construction work injuries can be quite severe and affect an individual and his family for a lifetime—like severed limbs or back injuries. If you’ve been injured at a work site in the Charleston area, put an attorney like Lindsay Blanks on your side who has the experience to handle your case properly.
Proving Liability in a Construction Site Injury Case
To prove the property owner or construction company is liable for injuries you incurred on their construction site, three steps of proof must be completed. The first step is to prove that a duty of care was owed to you by the property owner or construction company. This requires some sort of legal obligation to keep you safe if you’re on the construction site. For example, OSHAA requires contractors to keep construction sites free of unnecessary hazards, such as boards with nails in them or unsafe equipment like rickety ladders.
The second step is for your Charleston personal injury attorney to prove the property owner or construction company failed in their duty of care. If the construction site doesn’t adhere to OSHAA safety standards or other construction site regulations, then they are in breach of their duty of care.
The final step is to show that by not fulfilling their duty of care to you, the property owner or construction company caused your construction work injuries. Once all three elements are proven, the court can hold them liable for your injuries and force them to pay your expense and compensate you for pain, suffering and lost opportunities. Lindsay Blanks knows how to fulfill these points of proof and achieve maximum compensation value for people injured at work sites.
Additionally, if you suffered a job injury while working on a construction site you may be eligible for workers compensation benefits. An experienced job injury lawyer like Lindsay Blanks can help you if you are hurt at work.
Can the Injured Person be Liable
In South Carolina a person injured at a work site can be liable for their own injuries if the court determines they entered the site knowingly and willingly, understood the risks involved in doing so, and the injuries incurred were within the understood risks. This is called assumption of risk. Just because you were on the construction site when injured, does not mean the construction company or property owner is automatically liable. If you knowingly or willingly entered the construction site—especially if you ignored warning signs to do so—your Charleston personal injury attorney must prove that your construction work injuries were the result of negligent actions or omissions on the part of the construction company or property owner. Otherwise your case will be dismissed by the court.
Get a Free Consultation from Charleston Personal Injury Attorney Lindsay Blanks
If you live in the area of Charleston, personal injury attorney Mr. Blanks is happy to talk with you about your construction-site related injury without cost or obligation to you. You need to understand your case and what you are likely to receive. Schedule a free consultation with Charleston personal injury attorney Lindsay Blanks on our Free Consults page.
Or call E. Lindsay Blanks P.A. today at 843-863-1800.
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