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Shaffer & Your Construction Accident: Get Financial Relief in West Virginia

Construction sites in West Virginia are complex, dangerous places where materials and machinery are in constant motion. Safety must be the top priority. If it’s not, people get hurt.

If you were injured working at a construction site, you’re facing more than physical recovery. An accident can be a serious financial blow to you and your family through the pain and suffering that comes with it, the lost wages, and sometimes the diminished enjoyment of life going forward.

You have options to fight back and restore normalcy.

Many on-the-job injuries fall under West Virginia’s workers’ compensation law.

It’s set up to get you financial help while shielding your employer from a costly and long lawsuit.

But when your employer knowingly exposes you to danger, or someone else such as a subcontractor or landowner acted carelessly, causing your injuries, you can pursue a personal injury claim.

A personal injury claim allows you to seek greater compensation for the disruption to your life from a construction accident.

These cases are as complicated. You need an experienced construction accident lawyer to protect your rights. If you think you may have a personal injury claim, above and beyond workers’ comp, because of your job site injury, see what you can do when you’ve got the team of Shaffer & You.

Shaffer & Shaffer injury attorneys have more than 200 years of combined legal experience. Our Charleston and Madison law firm has been helping West Virginians for more than a century.

You can’t go back in time and erase this trauma, but you can pursue the resources you need to move forward and reclaim your life.

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Pursuing a Personal Injury Claim with a Construction Accident Attorney

Workers’ comp laws—a different legal system from personal injury—are common across the country to handle work-related accidents, and West Virginia is no different.

Many construction workers don’t realize workers’ comp is not the only option available to get the financial relief you need to rebuild your life.

In some cases after a construction accident, a personal injury claim can maximize the fair compensation you’re due.

When a third party caused your construction accident, you can sue them for damages. Situations like these include:

A landlord who didn’t keep the property safe or minimize hazards on site
A subcontractor who negligently operated heavy equipment or didn’t follow proper safety protocols
A visitor to the site whose careless actions led to your injury
An equipment manufacturer whose faulty machinery got you hurt

West Virginia also is the rare state that allows you to pursue a lawsuit against your employer if you can prove “deliberate intent.”

This is a high legal bar. You have to show that your employer knew the construction site was dangerous, did nothing to fix it, and put you in harm’s way.

In most cases, when you accept a workers’ comp settlement, you lose your right to sue your employer for personal injury. A rare deliberate intent case is an exception.

To handle the complexity of West Virginia injury law, get an experienced Charleston construction accident attorney at your side.

Shaffer & Shaffer can walk you through your case, and your first conversation with us is always free. In fact, you pay no attorney fees or expenses until you win compensation.

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What Compensation You Can Win after a Construction Accident

After a serious construction accident, the cost of lost wages, medical expenses, rehabilitation and emotional distress add up.

When you pursue a personal injury claim for a construction accident, you can recoup economic and non-economic damages—and in unusual cases seek punitive damages to discourage future negligent behavior at construction sites.

Economic damages are direct costs to you caused by the accident: Lost wages and medical bills fit here.

Non-economic damages are harder to pin down and require legal expertise to assess. These are indirect losses: pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of life enjoyment.

Shaffer & Shaffer can advise you on making the best choice for you and your family’s future.

You may be living with the effects of your injury for a long time, and your well-being is front and center when you talk to us.

Let us help you get what’s fair after somebody let you get hurt on a construction job, so you can rebuild your life.

Contact Shaffer & Shaffer now.

Shaffer & You: Why Work with Us?

Everyday West Virginians can get legal help from one of the most established and respected law firms in the state: Shaffer & Shaffer. Our firm is over a century old and still going strong because we put the needs of our clients first—always.

Have a Question about Personal Injury Claims?

After a life-altering accident, you’re understandably upset, confused and full of questions. To help you get a sense of what’s next, we’ve prepared answers to common questions about personal injury claims and other legal cases.

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