Construction Injuries
These are examples of actual construction cases handled by Noteboom’s personal injury trial lawyers.
The personal injury lawyers at Noteboom in Fort Worth represented a roofer who was paralyzed by a fall on a residential construction site in Arlington, Texas. The injured worker, a citizen of Mexico, was told by his construction supervisor to work on a roof with a steep pitch, three stories high. He was not given fall protection or any other safety equipment. After a fall to the ground, he landed on his back and injured his spine. The client was employed by a sub-contractor without insurance or assets. The lawyers at Noteboom sued the general contractor, who initially denied liability. After exhaustive discovery, including numerous depositions of the general contractor’s employees, the general contractor made a settlement offer large enough to pay all the client’s medical bills and still give the client more than a million dollars.
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Noteboom’s lawyers represented a man who earned $6 per hour to repair the roof of a shopping center on Highway 10 in Euless, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth. He was working for the property owner and was alone on the roof when he fell. His fall partially paralyzed him. Our lawyers tried this case to a jury verdict, and the foreign owner of the shopping center paid more than a million dollars. Scottsdale Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, also paid more than a million dollars, which was several times higher than their policy limit. The excess payment was due to the insurance company’s bad faith in handling the claim and because of liability created under the Texas "Stowers" doctrine. After paying all the client’s past medical bills, the client received more than $1,500,000.00. Our client now lives in Brownsville, Texas, is bilingual, and has volunteered to share his experiences with other injured persons—who may be paralyzed or confined to a wheelchair—and to describe the litigation process that the Noteboom’s lawyers guided him through.
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Our client was helping build the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Sundance Square, in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. He fell while carrying a large piece of plywood. His employer, a sub-contractor, had worker’s compensation insurance that paid all of the client’s medical bills. But Noteboom’s personal injury lawyers thought that the general contractor on the job, Linbeck Construction, also had liability to the client because Linbeck controlled the job site. Noteboom sued Linbeck, and Liberty Mutual, the insurance carrier for Linbeck, offered several million dollars in settlement. The client rejected this offer, because his medical bills were so high that this offer would do no more than reimburse the workers’ compensation insurance company. So, Noteboom’s lawyers took the case to trial and the jury awarded a multi-million dollar verdict for the client’s actual damages plus an additional one million in punitive damages. After trial, Liberty Mutual agreed to pay a settlement offer but required that the amount of their offer be kept confidential. Our client now lives in Dallas, Texas and is willing to counsel other injured people about his experiences living in a wheelchair.
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The personal injury lawyers at Noteboom in Fort Worth represented a roofer who was paralyzed by a fall on a residential construction site in Arlington, Texas. The injured worker, a citizen of Mexico, was told by his construction supervisor to work on a roof with a steep pitch, three stories high. He was not given fall protection or any other safety equipment. After a fall to the ground, he landed on his back and injured his spine. The client was employed by a sub-contractor without insurance or assets. The lawyers at Noteboom sued the general contractor, who initially denied liability. After exhaustive discovery, including numerous depositions of the general contractor’s employees, the general contractor made a settlement offer large enough to pay all the client’s medical bills and still give the client more than a million dollars.
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Noteboom’s lawyers represented a man who earned $6 per hour to repair the roof of a shopping center on Highway 10 in Euless, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth. He was working for the property owner and was alone on the roof when he fell. His fall partially paralyzed him. Our lawyers tried this case to a jury verdict, and the foreign owner of the shopping center paid more than a million dollars. Scottsdale Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, also paid more than a million dollars, which was several times higher than their policy limit. The excess payment was due to the insurance company’s bad faith in handling the claim and because of liability created under the Texas "Stowers" doctrine. After paying all the client’s past medical bills, the client received more than $1,500,000.00. Our client now lives in Brownsville, Texas, is bilingual, and has volunteered to share his experiences with other injured persons—who may be paralyzed or confined to a wheelchair—and to describe the litigation process that the Noteboom’s lawyers guided him through.
Click here for more information about construction falls.
Our client was helping build the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Sundance Square, in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. He fell while carrying a large piece of plywood. His employer, a sub-contractor, had worker’s compensation insurance that paid all of the client’s medical bills. But Noteboom’s personal injury lawyers thought that the general contractor on the job, Linbeck Construction, also had liability to the client because Linbeck controlled the job site. Noteboom sued Linbeck, and Liberty Mutual, the insurance carrier for Linbeck, offered several million dollars in settlement. The client rejected this offer, because his medical bills were so high that this offer would do no more than reimburse the workers’ compensation insurance company. So, Noteboom’s lawyers took the case to trial and the jury awarded a multi-million dollar verdict for the client’s actual damages plus an additional one million in punitive damages. After trial, Liberty Mutual agreed to pay a settlement offer but required that the amount of their offer be kept confidential. Our client now lives in Dallas, Texas and is willing to counsel other injured people about his experiences living in a wheelchair.
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Please contact us for a free consultation to discuss the facts of your particular case.
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Hurst, Texas 76053
817-282-9700 – Office
817-913-9994 – En Español
888-304-9700 – Toll Free
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