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Construction Accident Claims

Construction Accident Victims in Oakland and the Bay Area

For over 30 years, attorneys at the law firm of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer have been helping construction site accident victims get the help they need to recover and regain control of their lives. Our approach is holistic. This means that we believe that the client's interests should always come first and that our approach to the client and their family is to understand how they have been affected by their personal tragedy and assist them in ways that go beyond their immediate legal needs.

We limit our practice to handling only the more serious and complex construction accident cases we review. Our firm has handled numerous cases over the past 30 years involving workers who were injured on construction projects.

We focus on spending the time and energy required to understand our clients, their backgrounds and all of the ways these injuries have affected their lives and the people around them. This may mean helping a victim's family collect the workers' compensation death benefits they are entitled to, or helping the worker find the most appropriate medical treatment for his or her injuries. In any case, we believe that seeing the big picture and getting to really know our clients makes us more effective advocates.

The results we have achieved and the number of cases that continue to be referred to our firm by other lawyers are a testament to our track record and our belief that this approach really works.

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Spotlight Case
A 21 year old carpenter fell from a wooden scaffold and sustained a depressed skull fracture and brain injury. We took the case to trial alleging negligence on the part of the site's general contractor.

Result: The jury agreed with us and awarded $3.5 million to our client. It was the largest single injury verdict in San Mateo County history.