$5 Million
Settlement · Wrongful Death · 2015
Fatal workplace-adjacent incident involving a contractor
Kern County, CA
Case summary
A subcontractor performed work without required fall protection, and the general contractor's site supervision failed. Multiple defendants contributed to a confidential structured resolution for the surviving spouse and children.
Case at a glance
Injuries: Fatal fall from height; surviving spouse and children.
- Defendants
- General contractor and subcontractor
- Key issue
- Site supervision and fall protection
- Resolution
- Confidential structured settlement
- Time to resolution
- 24 months
The challenge
Each contractor argued the other controlled the work area, and the workers' compensation bar complicated the claim.
How we built it
- Mapped contractual control provisions across every tier of the project
- Established the general contractor retained safety oversight in practice
- Structured the recovery to provide long-term income for the children
The outcome
Multiple defendants contributed to a confidential structured resolution for the surviving family.
How the case moved
Retained
Referred by a union representative
Discovery
Site safety meeting minutes obtained
Settlement
Global mediation with all carriers
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