You may think it is something you only see in movies until it happens to you—an elevator seems to be working normally until it suddenly jolts and drops to the bottom of the shaft, leaving you and other passengers severely injured. You can call a Wheaton elevator accident lawyer to handle your case.
Therman Law can bring our 75 years of combined experience to your case, significantly increasing the odds of you securing a settlement you’re satisfied with.
With a Wheaton personal injury lawyer, you can rest assured that we will protect your best interests.
Therman Law Has Years of Experience Representing Accident Victims
While people are getting compensated for injuries all the time, they are not doing it alone. An experienced lawyer is almost always behind them, guiding, gathering evidence, and representing them in court.
Many steps of the process can go wrong if you don’t know what you’re doing. You can trust a Wheaton elevator accident attorney to help you because of the skills and knowledge they bring to your case, including:
- Resources of a long–time legal team: We have been at this for a while, so we know the avenues to success no matter the case.
- Favorable outcomes: If you knew you had a 99% chance of winning the lottery, you would likely buy a ticket right away. Therman Law has a 99% success rate.
- Tailored approaches: Your life is not the same as other lives that have been affected by elevator accidents, so our approach must be unique to you, your accident, and your life.
Elevator accident cases often involve large companies like building management and elevator manufacturers. This means that dealing with insurance companies can be even tougher than a person’s personal insurance.
Our team can intervene for you so that you do not get stuck with a settlement that is lower than what we feel you truly deserve.
How Elevator Accidents are Different from Other Accidents
Being injured in an elevator accident will differ from being injured in a car accident, for example, because elevators are largely automated and do not have a driver that we would normally look to sue in a car accident.
For these, we look to building management, maintenance, inspectors, and manufacturers, who all could have contributed to your elevator accident.
Illinois’ Elevator Safety and Regulation Act provides all the rules and guidelines under which elevators must operate. It ensures inspectors are fully licensed, inspections happen regularly, operation is performed properly, and elevators are built to get you where you need to go safely. With so many areas of the law to keep track of, there will be a lot of areas for us to look into.
There also could have been a lot of people in the elevator with you during the accident, meaning we may look at a class action lawsuit. That said, per 735 ILCS 5/2-801, there would have to be enough people bringing similar cases that handling them separately would be impractical for the courts. If only a few others were with you, this likely would not be your course of action.
Injuries We See Often in Elevator Accidents
Dropping even just a few stories in a malfunctioning elevator can leave anyone with severe and life-changing injuries. Consulting with an experienced attorney about your injuries is crucial for understanding if they are common injuries associated with elevator accidents, which may help streamline some of our arguments in court.
- Broken bones
- Back injuries
- Head injuries
- Crushing door closing accidents
- Neck injuries
- Internal bleeding
- Mental/emotional injuries like PTSD
There are many other ways to be hurt in sudden drop accidents, sudden stop accidents, and other ways elevators can hurt people. As long as someone was negligent in causing an elevator to be unsafe and you were injured by it in some way, talk to a lawyer today so you can get clarity on how your injuries can turn into compensation.
Workers’ Compensation and Elevator Accidents
Elevators are often in workplaces of all kinds and are a primary workplace for elevator maintenance workers who operate at high risk when performing their duties.
Being hurt in an elevator accident while at work could mean pursuing a workers’ compensation claim to secure support while you are unable to work. This is not always an option, so clarify with your attorney.
A worker’s comp claim for elevator accidents must have very specific circumstances for you to be able to hold your employer liable for your injuries.
The injuries would have to leave you at least temporarily disabled enough not to work, and we would need clear evidence that your employer is liable. We can help you learn everything in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act.
If it is not the right move for your case, it is still worth asking your elevator accident attorney in Wheaton to look into the possibility of this kind of claim. Even if we pursue a regular personal injury claim and get a reasonable settlement for you, realizing afterward that there were benefits left on the table can be frustrating.
Contact Your Elevator Accident Lawyer in Wheaton Sooner Rather Than Later
So many things may seem out of reach when the injuries sustained in your elevator accident have you unable to live as you once did. You are not alone if you Choose Charlie to help you sue the liable parties and get compensation to set things right for you.
A single free consultation can pave the way for a smoother recovery following your traumatic elevator accident. Delaying your call could result in missing the two-year statute of limitations, which means you miss out on any recovered damages.
Let a Wheaton elevator accident attorney at Therman Law fight for what you deserve to recover.
