Winston Solicitors: accident compensation claims

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TOWER CRANE ACCIDENT CLAIMS

Winston Solicitors are personal injury claims lawyers who will make sure that you receive 100% of your compensation. Win or lose there is no charge. If we represent you there are no middlemen, no loans and no other costs for you to pay. Your claim is completely risk free. Thankfully a tower crane accident is a very rare occurrence as if it occurs there are inevitably a large number of casualties. A total collapse is likely to cause fatal injuries to the crew along with potentially serious injury to any pedestrians from falling crane pieces and flying debris.

A large and devastating accident requires a very through investigation of the events to establish what occurred and hence apportion fault and blame. In the event that fault cannot be established it is unlikely that any injured person will be compensated. It is imperative that victims of such accidents obtain the best professional assistance as quickly as possible, as it is likely to take a long time to establish what caused the accident and who if anyone is to blame.

An example of how sophisticated the techniques of accident reconstruction have evolved can be seen by the following real life accident.

A tower crane accident occured as a result of a total collapse killing its four crew and injuring 22 pedestrians. Reconstruction of the accident was hampered by the considerable damage to the cab and sections sustained upon impact with the street after falling 300 feet. Some of the components were embedded into the ground up to 15 ft below the pavement. Fractures, twists, bends, and scrapes on the components, however, were eventually deciphered sufficiently to reconstruct the chain of events during the accident.

The assembly collapsed during a manoeuvre where the crew installs a new 20-ft section into the tower. The physical evidence and the witness evidence agreed that the crane rotated just prior to the failure. It was concluded that this rotation upset that balance of the crane. Computer simulation showed that this shift of balance was sufficient to buckle and eventually fracture the legs of the uppermost fixed section. Failure of the legs allowed the complete structure to fall to the street.

We deal with compensation claims throughout England and Wales and are able to arrange home or hospital visits from our national network. We can arrange medical examinations at short notice from some of the countries most eminent specialists. If you would like to talk to a solicitor without obligation just complete the online contact form and we will phone with free advice on how best to pursue your claim and how to protect your legal rights to compensation.

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