Roadwork Accidents
A New York Times piece last December reported that hazards related to highway work result in about 160 deaths and 11,000 people injured every year. This is an area where there are only loosely enforced standards at best with no uniformity among the various states. Because federal regulators do not track the ways that highway hazards cause accidents or attempt to determine when contractors and state highway planners are at fault, work zone crashes are often under-reported or inaccurately reported.
The problem is taking on increased significance as a result of the federal stimulus which has launched a nationwide boom in highway construction.
Because of this lack of attention to highway construction safety it is often difficult to prove a case of negligence against a contractor and even more so against a municipality or a state agency. It takes attention to detail and a lot of hard work to make sure that someone who has been injured at a highway construction scene is properly compensated.
My firm, Lowry & Associates, has been doing this work for many years, so we are fully aware of the ins and outs of making these cases successfully, and we are ready to put our experience to work for our clients.
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