Construction Litigation and Counseling

We represent owners, developers, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, engineers, architects and other design professionals involving a wide variety of trades in connection with serious property damage and personal injury claims. These include:

  • construction accidents, including New York Labor Law violations and other personal injury claims
  • construction defects
  • design defects
  • delay and loss of productivity claims.

We are experienced at identifying and making appropriate judgments about joining all implicated parties, and at effectively pursuing contractual indemnity and additional insured claims that invariably arise in construction litigation. Our goal is to look for opportunities to achieve an early, efficient settlement of our clients' disputes, often through alternative dispute resolution, sparing the client the substantial expense and disruption typical of construction litigation.

When early resolution cannot be achieved, our experienced attorneys are fully prepared to aggressively litigate complex, highly technical claims to a favorable conclusion in the federal and state trial and appellate courts. The firm has, for example, successfully litigated construction injury cases arising from an alleged runaway crane, a collapsing elevator cab, a roof collapse, a trench collapse and falls from scaffolding. These cases often involve death or serious injuries, including blindness, amputation and severe spinal impairment.

As described more fully on our Insurance and Reinsurance Coverage Practice page, we also have a broad insurance coverage practice, which advises clients and, where necessary, handles coverage litigation arising from claims of:

  • construction/design defect
  • project site accidents
  • contractors’ indemnification and insurance obligations.

Representative Cases