DuPage County, Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers Reach Construction Accident Settlement
In DuPage County, Illinois, personal injury attorneys reached a settlement for $490,000 in a construction accident lawsuit. The plaintiff was a laborer loading large rocks into a back hoe owned by Fox Excavating. The laborer was helping clear a trench and a Fox employee that was operating the back hoe dropped the bucket and crushed the plaintiff's foot. $465,000 was paid by Fox's insurance carrier, and an additional $25,000 was paid by the general contractor. The settlement was reached in Curtis Gilkey v.Fox Excavating, et. al., DuPage County Case No. 03 L 493.
Prior to settlement of this lawsuit, there was likely a worker's compensation settlement for Gilkey as well. When injured on a construction site, an employee will automatically have a work injury case under Illinois law regardless as to who was at fault in the accident. Even if you obtain a job injury settlement in Illinois, you are still entitled to bring a claim against a negligent third party who caused the accident. The workers' compensation insurance carrier will then have a lien against the third party settlement.
If injured in a construction accident, or any at work place accident, make sure to consult with an injury lawyer about both a work injury case and a third party negligence case.
