I Was Injured On An Elevator In A Home

Home elevators are the ideal solution for those with mobility issues. However, it is critical to understand that today’s home elevators are complex and use both mechanical and computerized technology to move the elevator car, select the proper level for the car to stop, and activate the opening and closing of the elevator doors. What that means is these units need a great deal of service to ensure they are functioning correctly and to prevent these common issues that can be very hazardous to users of home elevators:

• The elevator moves too rapidly in the shaft and lurches to a sudden stop
• The elevator car moves in a jerking motion
• The elevator doors fail to open, open, and close too quickly or only open partially
• The elevator stops between floors
• The elevator cable breaks, and the elevator car falls to the bottom of the shaft

Sadly, there are rarely minor injuries when a home elevator malfunctions or fails. The injury victims often suffer one or more of these painful and possibly life-altering injuries:

• Broken or shattered bones
• Compound fractures
• Dislocated joints and the destruction of the soft connective tissue of the joints
• Severe lacerations or puncture wounds
• Damage to internal organs or internal bleeding
• Back, neck, and spinal cord damage
• Soft tissue injuries and the destruction of nerve tissue
• Partial or complete amputations
• Injuries to the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or delicate skin of the face
• Head injuries that can include a skull fracture, severe concussion, brain bleed, or other traumatic brain injuries

As you might know, premises liability law requires the owner of any private or public property to maintain the space and its features in a safe and hazard-free manner. This includes providing the proper care and inspections for a home elevator. If the homeowner failed to have the unit serviced and that accounted for its failure and your injuries, they could be considered negligent in their duty of care and held accountable e for your expenses and losses because of the injuries sustained in their home.

However, the homeowner is not the only one who could be accountable or share the blame for your injuries. If there was a management company caring for the property, they could have failed to schedule the essential inspections and repairs for the unit. It is also possible that the company hired to inspect the home elevator failed to discover damage or wear that caused the failure and your injuries. While this list can appear confusing when you are in pain and trying to figure out whom to hold accountable for the injuries you sustained, please know that the dedicated team at DTLA Law Group will handle the entire process for you. All you need to do is relax and focus on making a complete recovery from your injuries as swiftly as possible.

It is vital for all personal injury victims to understand that while there is always a mathematical average of a specific type of lawsuit, such as your home elevator injury case, it will not impact the value of your compensation. Each personal injury lawsuit is carefully and independently evaluated to determine the value of the compensation awarded by the court. The court never uses any predetermined compensation amounts based on the kind of injury or accident involved in the matter.

Working with your DTLA Law Group home elevator injury attorney, you will gather all the documented to confirm the amounts of your actual losses and expenses caused by the injuris suffered in the home elevator incident. These costs will be tabulated to determine the amount awarded to you by the court. The allowable expenses most often used in the process include but are not always limited to:

• The cost to replace any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the home elevator injury incident
• The cost of all legal services related to preparing, filing, and litigating your California home elevator injury lawsuit
• All current and projected medical expenses related to the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the home elevator injuries, as well as the cost of any counseling or therapy needed to address the emotional stress or trauma of the incident and injuries
• Your lost income if the harm sustained in the home elevator injury incident prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully healed and relieved by your medical care providers to return to work

All lawsuits have a time limit that dictates when the case must be filed with the court. The time provided to the victim varies based on the legal matter involved. However, that is time limit, called the Statute of Limitations, is always strictly enforced. Once it has expired, the victim no longer has the right to take legal action and seek compensation for losses and expenses caused by the incident via a lawsuit. In the case of a home elevator injury, you have two years from the date of the injury to file your case with the court. It is also vital to understand that once the original time limit has passed, there are very limited exceptions that could allow the victim additional time to pursue legal action. Please reach out to DTLA Law Group today to discuss the time remaining for you to file a claim for the home elevator injuries you suffered.

At DTLA Law Group, we never require any upfront legal fees that could add to your monetary challenges or prevent you from seeking legal services to secure the compensation that is owed to you. Instead, our firm only gets paid after the case is resolved, and you have the compensation needed to cover your legal fees and other expenses. In addition, if your DTLA Law Group home elevator injury attorney fails to win your case and deliver the compensation that includes funds to cover your legal expenses, you owe the firm nothing for its time and investment in the case.

Please make time today to reach out to the staff at DTLA Law Group and learn more about the rights of personal injury victims and how the legal system and our dedicated legal staff will help you overcome the hardships caused by your home elevator injuries. You deserve the right to move past this difficult time, knowing that you will not be saddled with debt that was caused by the poor choices and negligence of another person.

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