Unsecured Ladder Results in Serious Fall

Case Overview

This case takes place in Arizona and involves a roofer working on a commercial construction project who suffered serious injuries while on the job. The roofer had been employed during construction of a new science center for a large academic institution, and had been on the job for several months without incident. Around the time of the incident in question, the Plaintiff and his team were instructed to perform work on a second-story roof that was to be covered in artificial terra cotta tiles. In order to access the roof, the workers had been using a 20-foot metal ladder in addition to man lifts. On one occasion, the Plaintiff was climbing the ladder to the roof when the ladder shifted, causing the man to fall at least 15 feet to the ground. As a result of the fall, the man is now paralyzed from the waist-down. It was claimed that the ladder was not properly secured at the time of the accident.