The construction industry is one of the most dangerous areas of work for employees in the United States (or the entire world). Workers at construction sites are exposed to various hazards, heavy equipment, tools, and machinery. It is inevitable that workers are given sufficient protection gear and trained to keep themselves safe while working on the site. When a construction accident occurs due to someone’s negligence, the impacted worker or his surviving family may be entitled to file a personal injury lawsuit against those responsible. Worker’s compensation benefits provide financial relief to injured workers or family members of deceased workers, but when the severity of

New York City witnesses a plethora of boat accidents that involve ferries, cruises, water taxies, jet skiing, and various other recreational activities undertaken across the New York waterways every year. Those involved in such watercraft accidents are often subjected to catastrophic impacts such as bone fractures, brain injuries, paraplegia or quadriplegia, hypothermia, serious lacerations, or even death by drowning. A ferry accident may occur due to factors and causes that are humanly uncontrollable, such as congested waters, erratic weather or hazardous water routes taken by the boat. Even so, the captain or the person manning the ferry is trained and expected to ensure that the