Justice For Victims of Construction Accidents
They Hurt You. It’s Time To Fight Back.
Led by Bob Mongeluzzi, widely regarded as the best construction accident lawyer in the world, our construction accident attorneys have secured hundreds of multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for victims of construction site injuries or deaths including the 3 largest construction recoveries in US history.
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Construction workers built this great country, yet they are exposed to some of the most dangerous working conditions. We are proud to have represented hundreds of construction workers and their families.
– Robert Mongeluzzi
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The King of Construction Accidents
- Law Dragon Magazine -
The top construction accident plaintiff's attorneys in the country.
- Super Lawyers -
A name that generates fear in the construction industry.
- Philadelphia Business Journal -
Known for (...) hundreds of millions of dollars won
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
About Construction Accidents
From decades of handling construction cases, our construction injury attorneys understand the inherent dangers involved in an industry that represents about seven percent of the U.S. workforce, yet accounts for more than 20 percent of all workplace fatalities. To cite just two examples: roofing accidents kill about 100 workers annually while scaffolding accidents account for another 60 fatal incidents each year.
The injury statistics are just as startling – over 200,000 construction workers are injured on the job on an annual basis.
Skilled Attorney Teams
Construction accidents require specialized experience. It’s why SMB, as a leader in construction accident injury cases, has invested and trained tirelessly for decades to become experts on cranes, lifts and construction safety.
15+ SMB attorneys have their OHSA Construction 10 Hour Certification
Multiple SMB attorneys are Certified Crane or Aerial Lift Operators
Cases Our Team Handles
SMB has litigated cases involving all of the common causes of construction site accidents, including:
- Scaffold accidents
- Roofing accidents
- Falls from heights
- Structural collapses
- Crane accidents
- Aerial lift accidents
- Electrial accidents
The Construction Accident Law Firm With Unmatched Results
SMB construction accident attorneys have prosecuted more cases involved the construction industry than any other plaintiffs’ firm in the U.S. We’ve secured more multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in those cases, including:
- $1,200,000,000 Partner Jeffrey Goodman leads the way to a record-setting $1.2 billion settlement in Surfside condo collapse litigation. Read Story
- $227,000,000 $227 million in damages will be paid to the 19 plaintiffs—including the loved ones of the seven that died in the June 5, 2013, Salvation Army ... Read Story
- $101,000,000 A global settlement worth more than $101 million has been reached in the massive litigation stemming from the October 2003 collapse of the Tropicana ... Read Story
- $75,000,000 A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded more than $75 million to a former highway construction worker who was left quadriplegic after he was struck by ... Read Story
- $68,500,000 A 38-year-old construction worker was killed after falling from an unsecured, unsafe fifth-floor balcony at a Fitler Square luxury townhouse. Read Story
- $24,100,000 According to court papers, plaintiff Leon Oates, a construction worker, broke through a drop ceiling tile during the construction project and fell ... Read Story
- $13,000,000 A crane operator who lost one leg and suffered serious injuries to the other in an accident during the initial phase of construction of the Harrah's ... Read Story
- $12,000,000 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky secured a $12 million settlement for a man injured by a fallen steel trellis at a construction site. Read Story
- $10,000,000 Two lawsuits over construction accidents have yielded settlements worth nearly $10 million for lawyers at Philadelphia's Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky. Read Story
Construction Site Accident Attorneys With Unmatched Experience
Simply put – we know construction accident injuries. Our construction accident attorneys also understand the safety measures necessary to protect the men and women working to build our homes, office buildings and bridges – and the mangement mistakes and shortcuts that lead to trafic accidents.
Many of our friends and family members are involved and invested in the industry. SMB and its construction injury lawyers brings extensive knowledge of safety codes and modern technology to every construction case we handle. We exhaustively search safety records, take comprehensive depositions, and have pioneered the use of video technology and computer animation to illustrate how each construction injury accident happened and its impact on our clients.
In these complex construction accident cases, we rely upon our experience and the wisdom developed by leading construction safety experts to determine what went wrong. Our construction accident lawyers get to the bottom of questions like:
- Were all OSHA regulations and contractual safety requirements met?
- Were best practice safety measures such as perimeter cables and safety nets used?
- Were all workers properly trained?
- Did the general constractor fulfull its contractual obligations to provide for worker safety?
If the case involves a roofing accident:
- Was the edge clearly marked by warning flags?
- Was a safety monitor posted to warn roofers they were nearing the edge?
- Were roofers appropriately tied off?
- Were all openings properly covered or barricaded?
If the case involved a scaffolding accident:
- Was the scaffold properly installed and secured to the building?
- Was it erected with secured, adequately load-bearing planks, and equipped with guardrail fall protections?
- Was it inspected before each shift?
To answer these questions, our construction injury lawyers thoroughly review all relevant information, including:
- Job safety or job hazard analyses
- Contracts between owners, general contractors, and subcontractors
- Daily reports, OSHA records, and accident investigation