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Getting hurt on a construction site can turn your world upside down in a single moment. One minute you’re doing your job, and the next you’re facing surgery, missed paychecks, and a family that’s scared about what comes next. When you’ve suffered injuries from one, put experienced legal help on your side.
Our construction accident lawyers at D&W Law Group stand ready to fight for the compensation you need.
With more than 75 years of combined experience, our legal team stands up for victims of construction site accidents in Chicago, Cook County and the surrounding region. Turn to us for representation focused on your needs and dedicated to your goals. We are here to guide you through every step of pursuing fair financial relief for your injuries.
From start to finish, you will receive personalized support directly from our skilled and knowledgeable attorneys.
Construction remains one of the deadliest industries in the country. Nationwide, construction and extraction workers experienced 1,032 fatalities in 2024, and falls, slips, and trips were a leading cause of those deaths.
The U.S. Department of Labor has identified falls, being struck by objects, electrocution, and being caught in or between equipment as the top four causes of construction fatalities, a pattern our attorneys see reflected again and again in the Chicago-area cases we handle.
Every one of these hazards is preventable when contractors follow basic safety rules, which is exactly why so many construction injury cases come down to who cut corners.
Construction sites can be full of potential dangers. Safety hazards you could encounter include:
Many might expect that all companies that are a part of construction projects would always work hard to prevent unsafe worksites. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. When such safety lapses cause you to get injured on a job site, our construction accident lawyers are here to advocate for your rights and best interests.
Accidents at construction sites can result in a wide range of injuries, including:
These injuries can have major long-term impacts on your life. We help victims of construction injuries seek relief for the hardships they face.
Whether a construction worker can sue when they are injured on a construction job depends on many factors. One is who was responsible for the accident. Illinois workers’ compensation laws generally prohibit construction workers from pursuing lawsuits against their employers. Rather, such workers can only pursue workers’ comp claims related to their employers.
Illinois law sets this out through the workers’ compensation exclusive remedy provision, which generally bars an injured worker from suing their own employer over a job-site injury and limits them to the benefits available under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. That rule protects the employer, but it does not protect every other party on a job site.
However, if someone other than your employer was at fault for the accident, you may be able to pursue a third-party personal injury lawsuit. Our construction accident lawyers can help you understand your potential options regarding third-party liability.
You don’t have to be a construction worker to be exposed to construction site accidents. For example, nearby pedestrians could suffer injuries from falling objects or other site hazards. Non-workers generally can bring personal injury lawsuits in connection to such accidents, provided they can demonstrate that they were harmed due to negligence.
Our law firm can help you seek justice if you’ve suffered injuries while walking past or visiting a construction site.
Determining liability for a construction accident can be challenging. This is because many parties could potentially be legally responsible, including:
A wide variety of factors can impact the issue of liability. Our attorneys can help you identify who may be responsible for an accident and help you pursue appropriate legal action.
A major component of construction accident injury claims is proving that another party was at fault for your injuries. There can be many challenges in doing this beyond just the difficulties of determining who might be responsible. Construction sites are complex environments.
The circumstances surrounding an accident can be complicated and hard to pin down. Potential evidence could degrade or disappear over time. A prompt and thorough investigation of the incident and what evidence may be out there can be critical.
Our construction accident lawyers can help you with this and other aspects of building a strong case for compensation.
Construction site injuries may require in-depth treatments (such as complex surgeries) that come with big medical bills, both now and in the future. Getting fair compensation following an accident can be critical to protecting your financial well-being from such expenses. Our firm can guide you through pursuing damages related to medical treatment.
Attorney Mark Curran III brings a finance degree and law degree to this work, using that financial background to help value future medical costs and lost earning capacity so a settlement or verdict reflects what a construction injury actually costs a family over time.
Some construction injuries may leave you temporarily or permanently unable to return to your job. When this happens, a personal injury lawsuit may provide an important route to relief. Damages for current and future lost wages can generally be sought in such legal actions.
Our construction accident lawyers understand the nuances of lost wages claims and are ready to help you with every aspect.
Illinois law gives most injured people a two-year filing deadline to bring a personal injury lawsuit, running from the date of the accident. Miss that window and a court can bar the claim entirely, no matter how serious the injury or how clear the other side’s fault.
Claims against a government entity, such as a public works project or a city-owned site, generally carry a much shorter notice period, so it pays to have a lawyer confirm your deadline early rather than assume you have the full two years.
Construction accident evidence such as broken equipment, safety logs, and witness memories also fades fast, which is another reason to move quickly rather than wait until the deadline is close.
Most Chicago-area construction injury lawsuits are filed in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, housed at the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. That division hears the higher-value personal injury and negligence claims that typically come out of a serious job-site accident.
Knowing the local court, its filing procedures, and how its judges tend to handle multi-party construction cases involving contractors, subcontractors, and property owners is part of building a case that moves efficiently instead of stalling for months.
The companies involved in construction projects can be big and powerful. They may put considerable resources toward fighting any legal claim you bring for medical treatment, lost wages or other damages. You need a champion for your rights on your side.
Our team has extensive experience with injury cases and has recovered millions for clients. Our track record includes big wins in cases involving accidents on job sites. We are ready to fight for you.
Our results in construction and job-site injury cases include:
| Outcome | Case Type |
|---|---|
| $14.9 million | Worksite accident |
| $3 million | Worker struck by falling concrete, severe leg injury |
| $1.5 million | Union electrician, burn injury during construction accident |
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Contact us for a free consultation to talk through what happened on your job site.
Co-founder Lance C. Dale has been licensed in Illinois since 1990 and focuses on catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims, the kind of cases that come out of falls, crush injuries, and other severe job-site harm. Co-founder Scott B. Wolfman has been licensed in Illinois since 1993 and personally handles construction, motor vehicle, and medical malpractice matters.
Together they built a firm that takes construction cases apart piece by piece: identifying every contractor, subcontractor, and property owner who touched a site, pulling safety records before they can disappear, and lining up the experts needed to explain how an accident actually happened.
Our firm holds membership in the American Association for Justice and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and carries a Better Business Bureau rating of A+. We also serve clients in English, Spanish, and Polish, which matters on Chicago job sites where crews and their families often communicate in more than one language.
Yes. Evidence at a construction site changes fast: equipment gets moved, repaired, or removed, and witnesses scatter to other job sites. Talking with a lawyer soon after the accident helps preserve evidence like safety logs, photos, and equipment records before they are lost.
You generally cannot sue your own employer once you’re collecting workers’ compensation, but you may be able to bring a separate claim against a contractor, subcontractor, property owner, or equipment manufacturer whose negligence contributed to the accident. Speak with a lawyer to sort out which parties may be liable in your case.
If a subcontractor’s negligence caused your injury, you may be able to pursue a third-party personal injury claim against that subcontractor separate from any workers’ compensation benefits you receive from your own employer.
Most injury claims must be filed within two years of the accident under Illinois law, though claims involving a government entity often carry a shorter notice deadline. Because the specific deadline depends on who is at fault, it’s worth having a lawyer confirm your timeline as soon as possible after the accident.
Non-workers, including pedestrians and visitors, generally can bring a standard personal injury lawsuit if they can show the property owner, contractor, or another party was negligent and that negligence caused their injury.
No. We offer free consultations, and our team communicates with clients in English, Spanish, and Polish so language is never a barrier to getting help.
Depending on the facts of your case, you may be able to recover damages for medical bills, future medical care, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and pain and suffering. An attorney can review your specific losses and help determine what your claim may be worth.
Potentially liable parties include the general contractor, other subcontractors on site, the property owner, equipment manufacturers, architects, and engineers, depending on who created or ignored the hazard that caused your injury.
Get the legal help you need after a construction site accident before evidence disappears and your filing deadline gets closer. Put D&W Law Group in your corner, and let us walk you through every step of pursuing fair compensation.
Contact D&W Law Group today for a free consultation about your construction accident case.
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