In Ohio, Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish has been representing injured workers for fifty years. Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish takes great pride in providing aggressive, high quality legal services to injured and disabled clients seeking Workers' Compensation benefits.
We do not represent businesses or insurance companies - only people like you and your family.
As a client you are assigned a team consisting of an individual lawyer and a paralegal that are trained and available to help with your case.
Workers’ Compensation benefits are designed to provide workers injured on the job medical attention and a partial replacement of their wages while they recuperate. If you have more specific questions about your workers’ compensation rights click on our frequently asked questions or contact our offices to arrange a free consultation.
Construction Accidents
Construction site accidents kill and injure hundreds of thousands of workers each year. Working at a construction site is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Employers have a legal duty to minimize the risk of injury by taking reasonable care for the health and safety of an employee. The general contractor, and all subcontractors, is required to provide a reasonably safe site, to warn of hazards inherent in the site and work, to hire careful employees, to coordinate job safety and to supervise compliance with safety specifications. An employer is required to provide competent co-workers, adequate materials and equipment, and a safe system of work with proper training and supervision.
When a construction site accident occurs, the owners, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers of equipment can be held responsible for inadequate safety provisions. Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish deals with a wide range of claims arising from negligence including but not limited to, accidents involving cranes, forklift trucks and dumpers, accidents arising from the use of scaffolding, ladders and machinery both in construction and demolition work. Defective or dangerous products may include the following: scaffolding, cranes, power tools, derricks, hoists, conveyors, woodworking tools, ladders, winches, trucks, graters, scrapers, tractors, bulldozers, forklifts, back hoes, heavy equipment, boilers, pressure vessels, gas detectors and other types of construction equipment.
In addition to workers' compensation benefits, compensation may be claimed for pain and suffering, loss of past and future earnings, damage to property and possessions, prescriptions, medical fees and therapy, care and assistance for household chores, traveling expenses and adapted transportation. For fifty years Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish has helped individuals who were victims of an accident on a construction site.
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