Premises Liability Settlement

Our client was working as a security guard when he stepped on a nail while performing his routine rounds at his jobsite. The Defendant was allegedly aware its premises were dangerous. Nails were said to be sticking out of pieces of lumber but there was nothing done to rectify it. The plaintiff ultimately developed a catastrophic case of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (R.S.D.) resulting in multiple surgeries and leaving him totally disabled.

The plaintiff chose Sheff Law because we’ve been helping victims of premises liability accidents for six decades and our team approach enables us to get consistently great results for our clients. We are dedicated to getting our clients the justice they deserve for premises liability injuries. In this case, our clients’ development of RSD was totally denied by the defendants.

Our attorneys were able to prove that the conditions on the site presented unreasonable and dangerous working conditions. We retained 5 expert witnesses who were prepared at a trial of this matter to prove that the Defendants were in violation of several portions of the OSHA Code of Regulations as well as in deviation of good and accepted construction practices. Moreover, through expert testimony and motion practice, Sheff Law had proven that RSD was the result of an accident involving stepping on a nail which occurred on the Defendants’ premises which was maintained in a deplorable condition. In the face of this evidence, Sheff Law was able to resolve the case for $2,350,000.00 for our client prior to the trial.