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A factory worker from Verona suffered a ruptured disk when the chain on a forklift, which was supporting him broke causing him to crash to the floor and severely jolting his back. We filed a defective product claim against Clark Equipment, the manufacturer of the forklift on the ground that they had not given proper instructions about… read more
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Exposure To Thiophosphoryl Chloride Recovery for a Blair County woman whose husband died due to lung damage resulting from exposure to toxic chemicals at work. The claim was brought against a doctor for failing to diagnose the injury to the lung in a timely fashion. The chemical involved in this case was Thiophosphoryl Chloride. After… read more
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Recovery for a young man injured by a piece of equipment in an underground mining accident that occurred near Washington, PA. The mine had not properly installed and inspected the equipment, and it broke loose during mining operations and slammed into the abdomen of this young man and pinned him against the mine wall. He ended… read more
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A young man from Pittsburgh suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit in the head with a concrete block at a construction site. The construction block was thrown out of a window by another worker as this gentleman walked around the exterior of the house. Although he recovered to return to work after… read more
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A 50-year-old man from Bridgeville suffered a serious traumatic brain injury when he fell from a Genie vertical lift. The accident was caused by an improper balancing and stability mechanism in the Genie Man Lift. We obtained a very significant six-figure recovery for this gentleman who was unable to return to former his work.
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A nurse from New Kensington, Westmoreland County, suffered a severe lumbar ruptured disk when a chair that she was sitting in collapsed through a portion of a newly installed floor. Gismondi & Associates filed a personal injury action against the contractor who installed the floor, and we were able to establish that the floor was not properly… read more
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An iron worker from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, suffered serious crush injuries and orthopedic fractures as a result of being hit by a large steel plate, which was knocked over by another workman operating a forklift at a job site. We filed a claim against the employer of the forklift operator and obtained a significant seven-figure recovery on behalf… read more
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A coal miner from Johnstown, Cambria County, was fatally injured in an underground mining accident involving a conveyor belt. Attorneys from Gismondi & Associates filed a product liability claim against the manufacturer of the conveyor belt and were able to establish that the equipment did not come with proper operating instructions and warnings. Our attorneys obtained a recovery… read more
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An iron worker from Penn Hills, Allegheny County, was killed when the boom on a crane malfunctioned during a bridge repair. The crane had been supplied in poor working order by a crane rental company. A product liability claim was also filed against the crane manufacturer, JLG Industries . We obtained a recovery in excess of a million… read more
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A brick layer was struck in the head at a defective product claim and suffered fatal injuries, leaving a wife and two college-aged children. Through extensive investigation, we proved that there were dangerous conditions at the construction site, which should have been corrected, and we obtained a seven-figure settlement for the wife and her two children.
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