{"id":7824,"date":"2021-02-01T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2021-02-01T01:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:17:47","slug":"5-17-million-settlement-reached-for-catastrophic-injury-to-an-electrician-falling-at-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-17-million-settlement-reached-for-catastrophic-injury-to-an-electrician-falling-at-construction-site\/","title":{"rendered":"$5.17 Million Settlement Reached for Catastrophic Injury to an Electrician at Construction Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Doe, a 44-year-old electrician, was hired by a general contractor to perform electrical work at a housing development project.<\/p>\n<p>When Mr. Doe stepped on the mid-rail of a temporary guardrail, installed to provide fall protection on a second-story landing, the mid-rail collapsed. It had been joined with just one nail. Mr. Doe toppled over the guardrail and fell about 15 feet to the landing below.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered numerous injuries in the fall. His many injuries included a severe closed-head injury, a skull fracture, an intracerebral hemorrhage, and facial, rib, scapular and wrist fractures.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/5-17-million-settlement-reached-for-catastrophic-injury-to-an-electrician-falling-at-construction-site\/#more-7824\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Doe, a 44-year-old electrician, was hired by a general contractor to perform electrical work at a housing development project. When Mr. Doe stepped on the mid-rail of a temporary guardrail, installed to provide fall protection on a second-story landing, the mid-rail collapsed. It had been joined with just one nail. 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