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In 2012, John White was employed as a carpenter on a residential construction project in South Philadelphia.
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There was a temporary staircase on site that allowed workers to ascend to the second and third stories of the building under construction.
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The stairs were not secure and Mr. White, along with other employees on the site, mentioned to supervisors on numerous occasions that the stairs were dangerous, but nothing was ever done about the staircase.
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On January 19, 2012, Mr. White was descending the staircase from the third floor when they collapsed beneath him, sending him two stories to the ground below. As a result of the fall, Mr. White sustained a concussion with post-concussion syndrome, a broken shoulder-blade, a torn rotator cuff, and herniated discs in his lower back.
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Joseph Messa proved in court that Mr. White’s injuries were the direct result of negligence on the construction site and earned John White and his wife a $3 Million jury verdict.
Joseph Messa, Jenimae Almquist, and the rest of the team of Philadelphia personal injury attorneys at Messa & Associates earned for John White and his family the compensation they’ll need to cover the ongoing medical treatment required as a result of his work injuries.