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The Judgment They Tried to Erase

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 This episode of Hard Hats & Justice exposes the extraordinary legal battle behind "The Judgment They Tried to Erase." After construction worker Denelli Garcia suffered a devastating fall down a flooded stairwell, her employer tried to silence the truth to dodge responsibility. When the building owner and general contractor ignored the lawsuit entirely, Gorayeb & Associates secured a $5 million default judgment—and spent years forcing the defendants out of hiding. Even after multiple failed appeals, stalling tactics, and a last-ditch move to federal court, the truth held. The firm ultimately compelled the defendants to pay Ms. Garcia millions in compensation for her life-altering injuries. It's a blistering look at how far some companies will go to avoid accountability—and how relentless legal pressure can still deliver justice. FULL TRANSCRIPT (As provided, unedited) Hello, this is Chris Gareab bringing you episode three of Hard Hats and Justice. Today we will have the judgment they tried to erase. Back on July 25, 2016, a woman named Denelli Garcia was working in construction at a new hotel being erected in Queens, New York. That hotel had a tendency to have a flooded basement. And it was Ms. Garcia's job to clean up the mess every time it flooded. On the day of the accident, she was directed to go down a metal set of 12 stairs to the basement with a mop and a bucket to dry things up. Unfortunately, the stairs were wet and slippery. And as she tried to descend the stairs, she slipped and fell approximately 10 steps down into the basement, severely injuring her back. The boss upon learning of the accident refused to call an ambulance. In fact, he said to Ms. Garcia, go home and if you need medical attention, tell them that you got hurt at home. I will pay all of the bills. Don't worry about a thing. Now why would a boss do something like that? Why would a boss ask his or her employee to not tell the truth? The simple answer is to save money. How would someone save money in that way? Well, if the employee says that they weren't hurt at work, then they won't be entitled to workers' compensation and the boss will save money. If the employee says I wasn't hurt at work, then they won't be able to hire an attorney to start a lawsuit against the building owner and enforce their rights pursuant to the University of the state labor law. That is what many, many employers try to do. And that's what they tried to do to Mrs. Garcia. At Ms. Garcia hired my law firm, Goreb, and Associates, and we started a lawsuit from Ms. Garcia suing the building owner and the general contractor alleging that they were both negligent and had violated the New York State labor law. We served to summons and complaints upon the defendants through the New York State Secretary of State. And what happened? They ignored the service of the summons and complaint. We wrote letters to them. They still ignored it. They were hiding. Ultimately, we filed a motion with the court asking the court to grant a default against the defendants who refused to respond to the lawsuit. And the court, in fact, did grant that motion an issue to default and ordered that there would be a mini trial to assess or to determine how much money Ms. Garcia should receive. We had that mini trial and the judge awarded Ms. Garcia $5 million. After that, the rule fund started because the defendants, despite that judgment, still continued to hide. They pretended that there was no lawsuit. And ultimately, when we hired the sheriff to try to force a sale of the building, they then responded. And what did they do? They denied that they knew anything about the lawsuit until very recently. They tried to get a judge to set that judgment aside and the judge refused. Then they tried an appeal and the appellate court refused. And after all of that, they then tried to go to the highest court in New York state to try to get the judgment set aside and that failed. And then ultimately, in the last-ish effort, they went to federal court and nothing good happened there for them. Ultimately, through the efforts of my law firm and the efforts of the sheriff, they agreed to pay Ms. Garcia millions of dollars. Why do they do that? Because they knew if they didn't settle with us and compensate her for the injuries that she had sustained, including needing surgery on her spine, that we would force the sale of their building. We would take their building away from them and they would have nothing. I'm very proud of the work that we've done for Ms. Garcia. It was possible that she would have ended up with nothing. But through our efforts, through years and years of work, we were able to get her substantial compensation from defendants who wanted to hide and pretend that they were immune, that we couldn't find them, that we couldn't obtain justice. And ultimately, we did. This is the story of Ms. Garcia. This is the last episode of Hard Hats and Justice. And I look forward to seeing you again ...
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