Pre-litigation settlement for construction worker who sustained electrical shock

Settlement and favorable workers’ compensation lien reduction for worker who received an electrical shock and pursuant nerve injury on a construction site. The defendants failed to “de-energized” an overhead wire in the construction zone and the plaintiff’s shock occurred as he was helping to guide a fabricated roof hanging from a crane which came into contact with the wire. SUGARMAN attorneys were able to favorably settle the case for the worker prior to discovery and the expense of litigation.