{"id":307,"date":"2012-07-09T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2012-07-09T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T14:29:50","slug":"plumber-crushes-leg-in-drywall-and-earns-550000-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/plumber-crushes-leg-in-drywall-and-earns-550000-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumber Crushes Leg in Drywall and Earns $550,000 Settlement."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A 37 year-old plumber was working at a job site when a large stack of drywall, weighing 85 to 110 pounds, fell on top of him. The plumber sustained serious personal injuries, including a broken right leg and fibular factures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iogo4kLHCGE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The plumber alleged that the subcontractor had improperly stored the drywall and had thus created a workplace hazard. <strong>He also alleged that the general contractor failed to adequately coordinate the work inspections that were done at the job site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Although the defendants argued that the placement of the drywall was in accordance with industry practice and standards, and that the plaintiff caused the drywall to fall by moving it himself, the parties eventually settled the negligence and tort suit for $550,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you, a friend or a loved one has been injured in a personal injury accident, please do not hesitate to contact our Boston personal injury lawyer experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-workers-compensation-claims-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA worker\u2019s compensation lawyer<\/a> counselors and Massachusetts wrongful death attorney advocates today. Available <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>, our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> counselors, Massachusetts workers\u2019 comp benefits attorney advocates and <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyer<\/a> professionals have successfully recovered millions of dollars in personal injury damages, wrongful death damages and worker\u2019s compensation benefits for our Massachusetts clients.<\/p>\n<p>Call our Massachusetts personal injury lawyer specialists and Massachusetts worker\u2019s compensation attorney professionals at our full service Boston, MA personal injury lawyer law firm <strong>24\/7<\/strong> for a free and confidential consultation at<strong> 617-787-3700<\/strong>. Or send our Boston personal injury lawyer experts an email at <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmassachusettsworkerscompensationlawyer.com\/massachusetts-workers-compensation-lawyer-contact.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a>.<strong> Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 37 year-old plumber was working at a job site when a large stack of drywall, weighing 85 to 110 pounds, fell on top of him. The plumber sustained serious personal injuries, including a broken right leg and fibular factures. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/plumber-crushes-leg-in-drywall-and-earns-550000-settlement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}