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For Developers and General Contractors

Amparo Law Firm represents injured workers and the families of workers killed on New York construction sites. We litigate against owners, general contractors, and the upstream defendants in the chain of liability. We also occasionally consult with development teams on the construction-side reading of those same cases.

What we see from the plaintiff’s side

New York’s Labor Law §240, §241(6), and §200 framework imposes non-delegable duties on owners and GCs that are unfamiliar to development teams from other markets. The duty cannot be contracted away. Indemnification provisions are constrained by General Obligations Law §5-322.1, which voids indemnity for one’s own negligence on a construction project.

Operational implications

Our firm’s Chief Operating Officer is a New York real estate developer. He has signed GC contracts, sat in OAC meetings, supervised subcontractors, read daily logs in real time, and watched safety budgets get negotiated under schedule pressure. The operational lens informs how we read every construction file and how we structure our investigation.

OCIP / CCIP overview

Owner Controlled Insurance Programs and Contractor Controlled Insurance Programs change the insurance defense posture significantly. Additional-insured endorsement quality and certificate-of-insurance verification are frequent sources of litigation when a claim is filed.

If a worker has been injured on your project

The first 72 hours after an injury determine what evidence is preserved and how the chain of liability is documented. Whether we represent the worker or not, our recommendation to developers is straightforward: ensure complete documentation of the incident scene, preserve all permits and daily logs, do not allow the site to be altered before OSHA and the insurer have inspected, and have construction counsel involved within the first day.

Industry referrals and confidential consultations are welcome. Contact the firm directly.

Frequently asked questions

We're an owner/developer on a New York project. Who at our team should be talking to Amparo?

Your project executive, risk manager, or general counsel. We work with developers most often when (a) an injury claim has been asserted against the project and you want a plaintiff-side perspective on exposure, or (b) you want a pre-incident review of contract structure, additional-insured language, OCIP/CCIP terms, and field documentation practices.

Conflicts are evaluated case-by-case. A current adverse representation against your entity bars us from taking a personal matter for a principal of that entity in the same litigation. Outside that, we screen at intake.

We work within the statute as it exists. Our Chief Operating Officer has run development projects and understands operational realities — fall-protection budget pressure, schedule compression, sub coordination. That informs how we read GC contracts and field documentation when we evaluate cases.

Yes. We co-counsel and accept full referrals for plaintiff-side personal injury matters arising on projects represented by developer/owner firms.