$10.65 Million for the family of a construction foreman killed in a pipeline explosion.

$6.975 million for a billboard worker permanently injured from a fall due to faulty decking.

$3.9 million for burn injuries to a high-tech worker caused when a glass bottle holding acid broke.

Northern California On the Job Injury Lawyers

Millions of workers are seriously injured every year in the United States due to job related accidents, some of which result in permanent disabilities, debilitating illnesses, and even death. If you have suffered a serious work injury in California, it is imperative that you contact a Northern California job injury attorney at Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen today for a free consultation.

There are countless job related injuries and accidents which may take place to innocent workers in all types of professions, such as:

• Back injuries
• Paralysis
• Head and brain injuries
• Amputations
• Electrocutions
• Injuries from exposure to toxic chemicals
• Construction related injuries

No matter what field of work you are employed in, your employer has a responsibility to provide you with a work environment which is free of unnecessary hazards. Your employers must also follow strict safety and health guidelines designed for that profession to ensure the safety of all employees. If your employer failed to keep you safe from injuries while on the job, was negligent in providing adequate safety training, or outright disregarded safety procedures you have the right to file a lawsuit against them, holding them liable for your injuries.

If you have been the victim of a work related accident injury, you may be physically unable to perform work duties due to your injury, adding additional stress and worry to the situation. At GJEL, our San Jose work injury lawyers understand that a work related injury affects not only the victim, but his or her entire family. Our law firm is dedicated to providing all of our seriously injured clients with excellent legal advice and representation, while attempting to recover the maximum monetary compensation for their injuries. We have over thirty years of experience representing clients in work injury litigation, and have recovered for them the money that they rightfully deserved.

Results that Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis & Larsen has obtained for on the job injury injury victims include:

• $10.65 Million for the family of a construction foreman killed in a pipeline explosion. When a backhoe punctured an underground fuel pipeline an explosion occurred as well as a fireball that burned for nearly a week. The explosion killed 5 workers and seriously injured a number of others.
• $6.975 million for a billboard worker permanently injured from a fall due to faulty decking. The plaintiff, a 21-year-old untrained construction helper, was injured while she was standing on a platform which was ten feet off the ground. Plaintiff stepped off the end of the platform where several feet of decking were missing.