Stage Construction Accident Lobby Day

AGC NYS members are encouraged to register early for a lobby day, on Wednesday, March 26 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at the State Capitol in support of legislation (A.3800) to increase penalties for staging a construction accident. The lobby day is co-sponsored by AGC NYS and the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York.  Registrants will be accompanied by Mike Elmendorf, Walter Pacholczak, or Joe Hogan to the lobby meetings with key lawmakers and staff.

Recent reporting has uncovered unscrupulous individuals and their accomplices engaging in fraudulent staged construction site accidents.  Insurance fraud schemes jeopardize worker safety and often involve a highly complex and coordinated effort by multiple individuals to defraud consumers, New York State, municipalities, school districts and other governmental entities.  Fraud also further exacerbates a construction liability insurance market already in crisis and further drives up the cost of public and private construction projects. Three Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York describing separate and distinct enterprises in which defendants conspired to commit multiple counts of mail and/or wire fraud, grooming and steering claimants towards a plurality of defendant medical providers, and specific Workers’ Compensation law firms.