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George L. Sarachan, partner
George L. Sarachan has devoted his professional life to
providing legal representation to injured clients. He is widely known for
his expertise in representing construction workers injured at job
sites.
George grew up in Bethlehem, New York. He received his bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1974 and his law degree from Albany Law School in 1979. In 1985 he joined Sanford Rosenblum in forming the Albany law firm of Rosenblum and Sarachan—predecessor of the current Rosenblum, Ronan, Kessler & Sarachan.
George has represented hundreds of injured clients and has taken a leading role in several landmark construction-accident cases before the NewYork State Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division, Third Department. These cases have set statewide standards for recoveries by injured workers in cases involving construction accidents. Since 1993, Ross v. Curtis-Palmer has been cited more than 500 times in judicial decisions across the state.
In recent years, George has obtained large recoveries for victims of construction accidents, including:
- $2.4 million for a 67-year-old worker who fell from a ladder at a construction site in Saratoga
- $1.2 million for a construction worker who fell from a decking
- $1.4 million for a worker injured by a collapsing construction beam
In addition to representing workers injured in construction accidents, George has also achieved significant results in automobile, medical malpractice, and other negligence cases, including:
- a $2.7 million verdict in a case involving a failure to properly diagnose breast cancer
- a $1 million settlement for a case in which a wrong medication was given
- $1.2 million for a patient who was inappropriately discharged from a hospital
- $1.2 million for the family of a man killed in a motorcycle accident
George is a member of the New York State Bar Association. the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
