Ohio Social Security Disability Lawyers

Verdicts & Settlements

• Scaffolding Fall Results in $4.1 Million Recovery

Amount:	$4,100,000
Court:	Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Date:	June 2002
Plaintiff's Counsel:	Ellen M. McCarthy, David M. Paris
Description: Employer Intentional Tort Plaintiff was a 42- year-old mason working at a construction site. His foreman erected scaffolding which permitted access onto an unguarded elevated walkway also under construction. The elevated walkway's surface consisted of deck pans which were uneven. The foreman recognized the need for an extension ladder to provide access from the ground to the work station but failed to ensure its delivery. To access the work platform, plaintiff climbed the crossbraces of the scaffold and alighted onto the unguarded elevated walkway where he lost his footing and fell 25 feet to the ground. As a result of the fall, plaintiff sustained a spinal cord injury and is paralyzed from the chest down. Defendant claimed that injury to plaintiff was not substantially certain to occur.
Ellen M. McCarthy	David M. Paris

• Corporation Pays $1 Million to Employee for Crush Injuries

Amount:	$1,000,000
Court:	Stark County Common Pleas
Date:	October 2001
Plaintiff's Counsel:	Ellen M. McCarthy, David M. Paris
Description: Employer Intentional Tort Defendant manufacturing plant developed a written procedure which required its employees to walk into a pinch point, when moving heavy manufactured parts from point A to Point B. Most employees developed their own ad-hoc procedure allowing them to stay out of the pinch point with the elicit approval of management. Plaintiff, a relatively new employee, followed the written procedure and was crushed in the pinch point by moving pieces of equipment because his partner followed the ad hoc procedure. Plaintiff sustained a crushed pelvis and 3rd degree burns. He cannot perform any heavy work.
Ellen M. McCarthy	David M. Paris