It’s hard to understate the dangers posed by construction sites across Long Island. Undocumented construction workers may feel particularly at risk, as they may believe they can’t report workplace injuries without risking deportation. This, however, is not the case, especially not with a Long Island undocumented construction worker injury lawyer on your side.
Everyone with Chaikin Trial Group Personal Injury Lawyers is Spanish-bilingual, making it easier for the team to communicate with construction workers who want to pursue accident compensation but who are at risk for deportation. We bring over 50 years of combined legal experience to each client’s pursuit of civil justice.
What’s more, our construction accident lawyers in Long Island work on contingency, ensuring that immigrants in need can secure the legal support they need to recover from an accident without risking deportation or spending a dime on a deposit. If you need legal help, contact our law firm and schedule your free case consultation now.
Are Undocumented Construction Workers Protected From Workplace Injuries?
Undocumented construction workers in New York City are protected from workplace injuries. No one has the right to leverage your immigration status against you in an attempt to stop you from reporting dangerous workplace conditions or a workplace accident.
You and a Long Island work injury lawyer have the right to demand compensation for a construction accident injury regardless of your immigration status.
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When to Contact an Undocumented Construction Accident Lawyer in Long Island
If you want to work with a Long Island, NY, personal injury lawyer, we recommend that you schedule a free case consultation with our team within a few weeks of your accident. The sooner you can have a conversation about your right to legal action, the sooner our team can start gathering evidence of a liable party’s negligence.
What’s more, early contact with an attorney lets you rely on a lawyer’s legal knowledge sooner rather than later. Our attorneys can step in if a site manager or related party tries to violate your rights, retaliate against you for reporting an accident, or leverage your immigration status against you.
What Is a Contingency Fee Agreement, and How Does It Impact Your Recovery?
The team with Chaikin Trial Group Personal Injury Lawyers understands that not everyone can afford a lawyer’s standard fees. Undocumented construction workers who have to take time away from work usually do not have funds to spare. Fortunately, Mr. Chaikin and his team don’t charge clients a dime.
Clients who turn to Chaikin Trial Group Personal Injury Lawyers for legal support do not have to pay a deposit to start working with a lawyer. Our Long Island, NY, undocumented construction worker injury lawyers don’t ask for a retainer, either, and none of our clients receive bills while we’re working on their cases.
The team only gets paid once we secure the compensation our clients need to recover from an accident. Even then, our payment doesn’t come out of our clients’ pockets but rather out of their final settlement. You can learn more about the logistics of our contingency fee agreements during a free consultation.
How to Assign Liability for Your Construction Accident Losses
Chaikin Trial Group Personal Injury Lawyers can specifically help undocumented construction workers hold third parties accountable for losses sustained on a construction site. This means that if a property manager puts you in harm’s way, a general contractor refuses to recognize lot safety, or a staffing agency engages in unsafe hiring practices, we can sue them.
Before we file your lawsuit, though, we need to gather evidence proving that one of the aforementioned parties engaged in avoidable negligence. The evidence we use to make your case may include:
- Witness statements
- Electronic data from on-site machines, cell phones, email accounts, and other sources
- Photos from before and after an accident
- Video footage of an accident
- Physical debris and environmental damage
- A police report
- Medical records going into detail about your physical losses
We can work with professional investigators to gather this evidence while you focus on getting the medical attention you need to recover.
How to Ask for the Compensation You Need to Recover
When you file a claim against a third party, you have the right to highlight what economic and non-economic losses you’ve endured as a result of that party’s negligence. If you keep your medical expenses, invoices, and other bills organized, it will be easier to demand the compensation you deserve.
Your construction accident’s economic losses may range from your emergency medical attention to the wages you’ve lost while taking time away from work to heal. You also have the right to demand compensation based on any property damage you endured as a result of someone else’s negligence.
Your non-economic losses will not generate a paper trail, but they can still impact your everyday life. Our Long Island undocumented construction worker injury attorneys can argue for your right to compensation based on your emotional distress, pain and suffering, and reduced quality of life. We can also help grieving families argue for wrongful death damages.
Chaikin Trial Group Wants to Represent You
Too many of today’s undocumented construction workers let accidents go unaddressed because they’re afraid of retaliation and deportation. Fortunately, Chaikin Trial Group Personal Injury Lawyers knows the law.
Our undocumented construction worker injury attorneys in Long Island can invoke protections afforded by the Immigration and Nationality Act and stop liable parties from using your immigration status against you to deny you accident support.
You can turn to our team for legal support immediately after a serious accident. Our efforts can help you name the right people responsible for your losses and demand compensation that covers the cost of your recovery. Book your free undocumented construction worker accident case consultation today to learn more.
