Representing Florida Worker Injured by Unsafe Conditions

Led by Trent Shelton, attorneys at Arnold & Itkin have filed suit in Duval County, Florida against our client's employer, after he suffered serious injuries on the job because of unsafe working conditions and inadequate staffing. The kind of work our client was assigned required more hands, more oversight, and a safer environment than his employer was willing to provide.

Our client's employer failed to maintain a reasonably safe work environment and did not put enough employees on the job to complete the assigned tasks safely. When a worker is asked to perform duties that clearly call for additional help, and that help is not provided, the worker is the one who pays for the company's cost-cutting. That is exactly what happened here.

Understaffing is not a neutral business decision. It is a choice that shifts risk from the employer onto the people doing the work, and it is a choice that injures workers every day in this country. Our client's injuries are the predictable result of an employer that decided fewer workers on the job was worth whatever harm came next.

Our maritime attorneys are committed to holding our client's employer accountable for the unsafe conditions it created and for the lasting harm caused to a worker who simply showed up to do his job.