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• Construction Accident
• Railroad Accidents
• Maritime Law
• Premises Liability

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Construction Accident

• 5 Calls Your New York Construction Accident Lawyer Wants You to Make

Railroad Accidents

• The Dangers of Diesel: When a New York FELA Lawyer May Help

Maritime Law

• Who Can Collect Pain and Suffering After a New York Maritime Accident?

Premises Liability

• How to Use Your Cell Phone to Help You After a New York Slip and Fall

General

• THE NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM MESS - SAD TRIBUTE TO THOSE WORKERS WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH TO MAKE A REALITY OUT OF DISASTER

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News

Carnival to Review Safety on its 10 Cruise Lines After Italy Accident...
Posted on 2/1/2012

New Jersey Commercial Fisherman Dies After the Mandy Ness Capsizes...
Posted on 1/25/2012

Freight Boat and Lobster Boat Collide Off Massachusetts Coast...
Posted on 1/24/2012

New Jersey Train Collides with Car Just Before Christmas...
Posted on 1/17/2012

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Library

Construction Accident

• How Likely Are You to Be Hurt or Killed in a Construction Accident? A New York Construction Accident Lawyer Wants You to Know the Answer!
• When Carbon Monoxide Kills on New York Construction Sites

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Railroad Accidents

• Staying Safe on New York Railroad Bridges
• Identifying All Possible Victims of Fatal New Jersey and New York Railroad Accidents

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Maritime Law

• Working on a New York Cruise this Winter? What Your New York Jones Act Attorney Wants You to Know
• How to Recover Pain and Suffering Damages After an East Coast Maritime Accident

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Premises Liability

• How New York Slip and Fall Cases Are Settled Quickly
• What Your New York Slip and Fall Lawyer Wants You to Know about Hotel Dangers

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General

• SOCIAL NETWORK POSTINGS

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We Work Personally With Each and Every Client

Our law firm works personally with each of our clients.  Our case results prove this professional and exclusive attention.  We have completed several successful cases and have been trendsetters in shaping maritime, construction & personal injury law.

To our construction worker clients, we are extremely proud to announce that the New York Court of Appeals, in Cammon v. City of New York, has agreed that New York's Labor Laws, in their entirety, apply to all construction workers, including dockbuilders working on the water. This is a watershed opinion which reverses more than 20 years of bad decisional law. Contact us for more information, particularly if you are an injured dockbuilder who thought you could not make a claim under the New York Labor Laws.

Construction Accident

• Injured Worker

Awarded: $450,000

• Heavy construction worker who fell

Awarded: $1,400,000

• High rise construction accident

Awarded: $1.78 million

• Construction worker hit

Awarded: $1.395 million

• Construction worker fall

Awarded: $1,140,000

• Demolition worker injured

Awarded: $500,000

• Construction worker injured knee

Awarded: $458,000

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Railroad Accidents

• Injured railroad machinist

Awarded: $750,000

• Injured electrician

Awarded: $750,000 +

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Maritime Law

• New York City Police Diver Settlement $1,050,000

Awarded: $1,050,000

• Failure to have proper equipment for deckhand on Ferry NYC

Awarded: $1,000,000 Settlement

• Torn Rotator Cuff Barge Mate Bouchard

Awarded: $415,000

• Injured on a passenger vessel

Awarded: $255,000

• Injured on fireboat

Awarded: $750,000

• Injured barge mate

Awarded: $505,000

• Injured commercial fisherman

Awarded: $1,000,000

• Seaman injured on government vessel

Awarded: $625,000

• Injured dockbuilder

Awarded: $1,250,000

• Injured Boat Captain

Awarded: $450,000

• Injured fisherman

Awarded: $1,350,000

• Injured oil tankerman

Awarded: $650,000

• Injured tug boat operator

Awarded: $450,000

• Injured on an oil barge

Awarded: $6 million

• Injured diver/dockbuilder

Awarded: $1,750,000

• Dockbuilder injured

Awarded: $450,000

• Leg amputation

Awarded: $2.95 million

• Injured dockbuilder

Awarded: $1,125,000

• Injured commercial fisherman

Awarded: $125,000

• Wrongful Death

Awarded: $450,000

• Construction worker injured on barge

Awarded: $1,000,000

• Injured seaman

Awarded: $750,000

• Injured dockbuilder

Awarded: $1,216,000

• New York City police diver injured

Awarded: $500,000

• Injured laborer

Awarded: $1 million

• Amputated foot

Awarded: $2 million

• Barge worker killed in expolsion

Awarded: $3 million

• Seaman's Wage Claim settlement

Awarded: $18.4 million

• Injured seaman technician

Awarded: $1.05 million

• Burned seafarer

Awarded: $505,000

• Dockbuilder slip and fall

Awarded: $735,000

• Fall on a cruiseship

Awarded: $2,225,000

• Injured tug boat deckhand

Awarded: $450,000

• Failure to Provide Safe Place to Work

Awarded: $295,000

• Phillipino Passenger Vessel Crewmember Settlement

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Miscellaneous

• Injured transit worker

Awarded: $135,000

• Injured dockbuilder

Awarded: $800,000

• Injured Barge Captain

Awarded: $525,000

• Class action against major cruise line

Awarded: $25,000,000

• Radius and ulna fractures

Awarded: $290,000

• Fall from building

Awarded: $2,252,000

• Injured pedestrian

Awarded: $325,000

• Wrongful death of longshoreman

Awarded: $800,000

• Class action for oil field workers

Awarded: $9.0 million

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Video Library

Maritime Law:

• Barge Site Inspection

General:

• Paul T. Hofman. Welcome to Hofmann & Schweitzer
• Flash for Hofmann Law Firm

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FAQ

Construction Accident

• What’s with the new look of scaffolding on some New York City streets? Is the new scaffolding safe? Should I contact a New York construction accident lawyer if I am hurt?
  
• How Will I Support My Family While I am Out of Work After a New York Construction Accident?
• Who is a competent person to check New York construction trenches? What do I do if I'm injured in a New York trench accident?

Railroad Accidents

• My railroad injury has occurred because of years of cumulative work and repeated motions. It was not the result of a single accident. Could I still recover damages, and should I still contact a New York FELA lawyer?
  
• My child was injured in a New York railroad accident. What is a New York FELA lawyer and can a FELA attorney help me?
• My teenager wants to take the New York subway alone. We've talked about general safety issues and I believe he is ready to do this. As a New York FELA attorney, do you have any suggestions about railroad safety that I should share with my child?

Maritime Law

• What is Considered Pain and Suffering After a Maritime Accident?
• Can a Maritime Worker Recover Damages for Being Hurt by a Car, Truck or other Motor Vehicle?
• Are Commercial Fishermen Appropriately Compensated for the Risks They Take at Work?

Premises Liability

• Is it important for me to get medical care after a New York fall?
• Is there anything I can do if I notice a dangerous condition at my New York City hotel?
• How Common are Drowning Deaths? Do I Need a New York Slip and Fall Lawyer if My Child Has Died in a Pool Accident?

General

• What Penalties Does My Employer Face for Not Complying with OSHA Construction Safety Standards?

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