Construction Injuries

You Deserve Superior Personal Injury Representation!

A ttorneys at the Kevin Moore Personal Injury Law Firm help victims of Tennessee injuries receive just compensation for their losses. We're not just another law firm. We're not just any lawyers. We are highly experienced personal injury attorneys - that is what we do. We serve clients throughout Tennessee from our office Nashville.

If your injury is serious enough and your case is important enough to you then contact a lawyer. It is critical that you do the research to find a reputable, capable attorney. We believe our success in recovering large awards and settlements speaks for itself about the quality of our representation, quality that we refer to as the "Advantage of Experience."

This Website discusses our PI legal practice and our credentials, and it provides some general information on Nashville Tennessee Personal Injury Law. Every case is unique and deserves to be evaluated on its own merits. Please contact us for a free consultation before making a decision about representation. You will speak with Kevin Moore directly not a staff member.

Our Firm welcomes the challenges offered by difficult cases involving serious injuries and complex issues. We know how to fight opposing lawyers and the insurance companies and win. If you have been injured in a construction accident due to the negligence of any other party, do not hesitate to call and talk to us. You should know that we often collect damages well beyond what the insurance companies offer. You deserve to know your valuable Legal Rights.

You Need An Attorney Who Specializes In Personal Injury (PI) Law

What you don't need is a lawyer who "also" practices PI cases. More and more, laws are being written that are only fully understood by those few lawyers who are highly competent in specific areas. Finding the "right lawyer", means a lawyer with substantial personal injury (PI, Workers Comp & SSD) knowledge and experience, is what you want when you need competent help. Lawyers should be selected for their expertise and experience in specific specialties of law. The "right lawyer" for your Personal Injury case is the person who has substantial experience handling a case very similar to yours, who can and will take action at once.

Kevin Moore and his Nashville Tennessee Personal Injury law firm is who you want and what you need!

Construction Injuries

Most Tennessee construction related injuries fall under Tennessee Workers' Compensation laws. If this is the case for you we recommend that you also visit our Workers Compensation Section of this website. There are many cases however where both Workers Comp and civil litigation for negligence are applicable. This page of Kevin Moore's Nashville Tennessee Personal Injury website addresses the circumstances where you or a loved one was injured on a construction site due to negligent actions of workers, supervisors, the companies involved n the construction or their providers and/or subcontractors.

Construction is the United States' largest industry, and unfortunately, construction site accidents kill and injure thousands of workers each year. Despite legal and trade provisions in place to prevent construction accidents, one out of every ten construction workers suffer some kind of on the job injury. From our office in Nashville, our construction accident attorneys have handled a great variety of cases through Tennessee, including those involving:

• Falls
• Scaffolding, Crane, Derrick, Conveyor, Ladder, Winch, Grater, Scraper, Backhoe, and Boiler Accidents
• Power Line Injuries
• Trenching Injuries
• Fire and Explosion
• Builder Neglect
• Building Collapse
• Inadequate Barricades
• OSHA Non-Compliance
• Injured construction workers

Although most injured construction workers will be entitled to benefits, these benefits will not cover all of the expenses faced by an injured worker and generally do not cover pain and suffering and the full range of damages available to the loved ones of a worker who is killed in an accident. And, workers compensation does not cover non-workers injured on a construction site.

When a construction site accident occurs, responsibility for the personal injury can be attributed to a variety of individuals or businesses, including the owners, contractors and subcontractors, engineers, electricians, scaffolding companies, architects, insurance companies and manufacturers of equipment. For example, the general contractor and subcontractors must provide a reasonably safe work environment and manufacturers of construction equipment are responsible designing and maintaining safe products. In complex cases, in addition to negligence and workers' compensation, a construction accident lawyer must also consider the legal principles of agency and corporate law.

Knowledge of federal and state of Tennessee regulations governing construction sites is imperative when developing theories against all of the third parties who may be responsible for a construction site accident. The construction accident attorney you choose should be experienced in the inspection of work sites, preservation of evidence and identification and questioning of critical witnesses. Kevin Moore is highly experienced in these cases and you can contact Kevin directly or through this site's contact form.

Your Rights Due To Construction Accidents

At construction sites, the main concern should be maximum safety at all time. Legally, it is the employer who bears the largest burden of responsibility for creating a safe environment. OSHA's regulations, while numerous and strict, are clear and employers who fail to comply with them act negligently, carelessly and often with an eye more towards profits than safety.

At the Nashville, Tennessee Law Firm of Kevin A. Moore, we know your rights under Tennessee law, and have been working to obtain compensation and a fair resolution for over two decades. Have you been injured in:

• An electricity/electrocution accident?
• A falling accident?
• An accident involving falling objects or unsecured loads?
• An accident involving cranes, cars, trucks, bulldozers or excavation equipment?
• An oil industry or oil refinery accident?
• An accident involving lack of training?

Attorney Kevin Moore is skilled and experienced in investigating construction accidents and other workplace accidents, determining liability and cause, and negotiating, mediating and litigating claims in pursuit of maximum compensation for your injuries.

Frequently, accidents occur because the employer failed to maintain machinery and equipment or failed to anticipate dangerous situations. Construction and workplace accidents can also occur when employers demand their workers to perform duties that were dangerous or required special training (that the worker did not have). When a forklift overturns, scaffolding collapses, excavation projects cave in or workers are run over, often the accident could have been prevented by adequate employer diligence.

Construction Site Accident Attorney in Tennessee

Construction sites are among the most dangerous places for workers, pedestrians, and drivers in America today. Falling objects, oversized vehicles, insecure scaffolding, and improper warnings result in many serious injuries and deaths each year. In many cases, the accidents are the result of management and property owner negligence, and are avoidable if the necessary precautions are put in place.

Investigating Construction Accidents

At the Law Firm of Kevin A. Moore we have helped numerous people recover compensation after being injured in a construction zones. Since negligence and responsibility are important for establishing liability in personal injury cases, it's important to investigate construction zone accidents to determine what happened and why. Working with investigators, we determine if violations of safety rules and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations played a role in the accident. We examine whether a contractor or subcontractor tried to cut corners in order to reduce construction costs and placed innocent people in danger.

If you have been injured in a construction site accident, whether as a construction worker, a pedestrian, or a driver, contact the Nashville premiere personal injury attorneys' office Kevin A. Moore. Under Tennessee law, you have one year from the date of your accident to file a personal injury claim. We promise to put all of our experience, knowledge, and exceptional reputation into representing you at the negotiating table, and in court, when necessary to get you the maximum compensation you need and deserve to put your life back together.

Typical Construction Site Accident Claims

• Highway construction zone accidents
• Third party liability for construction worker's compensation claim
• Fatal accident, wrongful death
• Fires, explosions
• Falls, unsafe scaffolding or ladders
• Construction equipment defects
• OSHA violations
• Inadequate warnings of hazards
• Unsafe premises

You Need An Attorney Who Knows Tennessee Personal Injury Cases related to Construction Accidents

Do Not Sign Any Insurance Release Claim Without a Legal Review

If you have already signed a release, all is not lost!  We can and have successfully handled cases and had such releases nullified when it has been in our clients' interests. Release forms are not written to protect you - they are written to protect the insurance company and, when their clients are at fault, they are written to protect them. Call us and let us review your case and any release form before you sign it. Kevin offers free consultations to look over the facts of your case!

Your Insurance Agent Does Not Really Work For You!

You may be good friends with your insurance agent, we are with ours, but unlike attorneys who do have legal (fiduciary) responsibilities to their clients, most insurance agents are employees of their respective companies and they keep their employers' interests in mind for all cases. We do believe that the vast majority of insurance agents act with integrity but in Personal Injury circumstances you really do want your legal advocate to protect all of your interests.

Claims Are Not Limited To Insurance Coverage

Even though the party that injured you may have insurance there are many cases where the injuries and long term impacts go beyond their insurance coverage. There may also be second and third parties involved who share the legal and financial responsibilities. As your advocate Kevin investigates all avenues in getting you as much compensation for your personal injury as possible. Kevin has the knowledge and the resources to get you the compensation that you deserve.

Reasonable Expectations: 

If your construction accident resulted from the negligence of another party, you should rightfully expect quality care, covering all of your injury related expenses, compensation for property loss or damage, and possibly entitled to compensation including monetary damages for pain and suffering, lost wages, loss of enjoyment of life and loss of earning capacity. These are reasonable expectations but all too often you end up having to fight individuals & insurance companies for your rightful compensation! You don't have to settle for what the Insurance Company proposes.

You may need a fighter by your side!

You may need a fighter by your side! Just when you are at your weakest you may have to fight! Insurance companies are notorious for denying claims, stalling appeals, and denying rightful or quality care and services. The insurance company's goal is to save money - not to assure you your rightful care and compensation. There are thousands and thousands of cases where, with the right lawyer representing amputations cases, that the insurance companies have their denials of services and claims denied by a Judge. The injured parties can win if they have the right attorney taking on the fight for them - not a firm that is distracted by other practices and is willing to settle for less!

At the Nashville Tennessee Personal Injury Law Firm of Kevin A. Moore, you can be assured that our Personal Injury legal team will listen to you with compassion and understanding. Attorney Kevin More is well qualified to have your medical records evaluated, communicate with your doctors and therapists and encourage you to follow the prescribed recommended therapies to make sure that you are getting everything you are entitled to under Tennessee PI law. If you are not getting what you are entitled to, Kevin is ready to fight the insurance companies for you at Mediations and, if necessary, at trial. With Kevin Moore as your attorney, you will have the best Nashville Tennessee PI lawyer in the State representing you!

Kevin Moore's Experience: 

Kevin Moore has been aggressively practicing law and guiding and protecting his clients' interests since 1992. Kevin and his Firm have handled over 4,500 Personal Injury cases and a significant number of cases involving construction accidents. No Nashville Tennessee attorney will do a better job in seeing that you get justice and compensation for your loss and injuries. Call us or contact us now. Our consultations are always free and you never pay a fee unless we win your case. In Nashville or State Wide the Nashville Tennessee PI Law Firm of Kevin A. Moore will be on your side and by your side.

We Are Here To Serve You, Not Ourselves

Our main marketing tool is taking care of the clients we have. We know that when we do a good job for you that the word will go out and our business will grow. Our culture revolves around client services. Our primary focus is to do excellent work for each and every client; to go all out and win the case. Building solid relationships with our clients and producing great results will translate into referrals helping our business grow.