{"id":2140,"date":"2013-09-09T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2013-09-07T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T13:37:13","slug":"362000-jury-verdict-electrician-fell-eight-feet-construction-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/362000-jury-verdict-electrician-fell-eight-feet-construction-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"$362,000 Jury Verdict for Electrician Who Fell Eight Feet From Construction Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">James Miglore, age 58, was an electrician working at the construction site of a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heparks.org\/\">Hoffman Estates park district <\/a>ice arena.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The construction area was located at 1685 W. Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates, Ill.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The defendant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harbour-cm.com\/\">Harbour Contractors,<\/a> was the construction manager for the project.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwestmasonryinc.com\/\">Midwest Masonry <\/a>was the masonry subcontractor.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Miglore was employed by the third-party defendant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aep.com\/\">American Electric<\/a>, the electrical subcontractor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In August 2004, Midwest Masonry built the scaffolding at the site to assist its masons in building a 10-foot interior wall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Miglore alleged in his lawsuit that he was using Midwest\u2019s scaffolding when he fell from it; he was working about 8 feet above ground.<span>\u00a0<\/span>At the trial, Miglore testified that he had set his A-frame ladder next to the scaffolding, climbed onto the scaffolding without a problem and then took 3 to 4 steps when a board on the scaffold \u201cflipped up\u201d and caused his fall.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/362000-jury-verdict-electrician-fell-eight-feet-construction-platform\/#more-2140\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Miglore, age 58, was an electrician working at the construction site of a new Hoffman Estates park district ice arena.\u00a0 The construction area was located at 1685 W. 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