Forklift Accident Lawyer – You Can Get 9% Interest

How Can a Forklift Accident Lawyer Get You 9% Interest?

When you’re injured in a forklift accident, the forklift accident lawyers in New York at 1-800-HURT-911® can often get a summary judgment order from the New York Supreme court, ruling that the defendant is 100% responsible for causing your injury and awards you 9% interest on top of the amount for your pain and suffering. Read more about this below.

When You Need a Forklift Accident Lawyer

A forklift accident lawyer is needed when someone is struck by a forklift, by merchandise it was carrying, or from merchandise dropped on the injured person. You may have been a:

  • Customer struck by a forklift in a warehouse store
  • Construction worker at a construction worksite
  • Worker on a loading dock
  • Employee of another company delivering merchandise or for any other reason on the property of the company operating the forklift and struck by the forklift; or
  • Employee of the company with the forklift and injured by the forklift operator.

If you were injured by your employer’s forklift and you were working at the time of the forklift accident, you will have a Worker’s Compensation case.

Even if you were injured by your employer’s forklift, you may also have a personal injury case because there is often a company, other than your employer, that can be sued. You can have both a Worker’s Compensation case and a personal injury case at the same time.

Almost every forklift injury is a serious injury caused by someone else’s negligence and covered by a lot of insurance. When you’re injured, we want to be your forklift accident lawyer!

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Who is at Fault for Causing a Forklift accident?

Forklift accidents are almost always caused by the negligence of the forklift operator and the company employing the forklift operator.

How Much Money Can I Get When I Have a Forklift Accident?

Small companies using a forklift usually have at least $1 Million of insurance coverage.  Large companies often have much more.  Companies are responsible for the injuries caused, and their assets can be used to reimburse you for your injuries if they don’t have enough insurance.

Someone struck by a forklift will likely suffer a serious injury such as a broken bone, torn ligament such as an Achilles tendon tear, neck/back injury, or far more serious injuries such as a crushing injury to a foot, arm, finger, or another body part.

As you can see from the settlement check below, even a neck injury that was previously injured before the forklift accident settled for the entire $1 million insurance policy. Most forklift accidents involve injuries worth much more than $1 million, and the insurance policies are often significantly more than $1 million.

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How We Speed Up Your Forklift Accident Case and Get Paid 9% Interest!

We can often prove that the forklift operator was 100% at fault by filing a motion for Summary Judgment which asks the court to award you 100% fault against the forklift operator and the company employing him/her.  When Summary Judgment is granted, it speeds up your case and awards you 9% interest on your damages, including pain and suffering!

We obtained a settlement of the entire $1 million policy within weeks of winning a Summary Judgment motion finding that the forklift operator was 100% at fault and awarding 9% interest to our client. The company went out of business just after the accident. Our client fell backward on the floor when hit by a forklift, and she re-injured her neck, requiring surgery (she had prior surgery for a previous existing neck injury).

$1,000,000 Settlement Check

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Types of Forklift Trucks Involved in Accidents

There are several types of forklift trucks, including gas or electric-powered, and forklifts that are driven or hand-operated. There are many brands, including HILO which are often used generically when people call a forklift a HILO.

This forklift is at a warehouse store lifting merchandise with the aisle properly protected to protect customers from being injured by the forklift or from the merchandise falling

fork lift at warehouse store lifting merchandise with aisle protected

Types of Forklifts

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