Airplane Injury Attorney

Sadly, many aspects of an airplane can be potentially very hazardous. As a result, passengers should remain very aware of their surroundings and use caution when moving around in the aircraft as well as when boarding and disembarking to avoid these common injuries:

• Fractured, broken, or shattered bones, lacerations, or puncture wounds
• Injuries to internal organs or internal bleeding
• Join dislocations or destruction of the soft connective tissue of the joints
• Severe contact burns
• Injuries to the neck, back, and spinal cord
• Compound fractures
• Partial or complete amputations
• Crushing or compression injuries
• Injuries to the delicate facial skin, eyes, ears, nose or mouth
• Head injuries that can include a severe concussion, skull fracture, brain bleed, or other traumatic brain injuries

While the components of the airplane that keep it flying safely are inspected and get routine maintenance and care, many features and parts of the plane’s interior get little or no care and upkeep. Sadly, it is often a lack of repairs or routine maintenance that causes many injuries to passengers. The most common of these shocking safety hazards include:

• Damaged or broken handrails
• Damaged or worn steps
• Loose or damaged carpet or other floor coverings
• Damaged or malfunctioning latches on overhead compartments
• Broken or damaged seats
• Damaged or malfunctioning doors or partisans
• Damaged service carts
• Damaged or missing interior trim

When you think of an airplane, it can be hard to decide if it is a vehicle or a space due to the massive size of the object. Regardless, the owners and operators of the plane have a legal obligation to passengers or customs to maintain the pane in a safe and hazard-free manner. Much like a house, hotel room, or store, the owners are responsible for the care and repairs to ensure guests are safe when using the plane and the various traffic paths and spaces in an approved manner. If the service and maintenance staff fail to repair a damaged piece of interior trim that is sharp and someone suffers a severe laceration, the airline is ultimately responsible for the injury due to the lack of care provided by their staff. In short, the maintenance staff member was negligent in performing the needed care, and the result was a passenger injury. In these cases, the airline would be held liable for the victim’s losses and expenses due to the negligence and safety hazard it created.

As an injury victim, you need to understand that there are no predetermined amounts paid for certain injuries or accidents. Instead, the court reviews each case independently, and the compensation awarded to the victim is based on the victim’s actual losses and expenses. This ensures the victim is fully and fairly compensated for the cost of all services needed because of someone else’s negligence and the losses created by the incident.

Working with your airplane injury attorney, you will gather all the documentation needed to verify your allowable expenses and losses to be used in determining the compensation sought by your lawsuit. The items typically used in the process include but are not always limited to:

• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the airplane injury incident
• All current and projected medical costs associated with the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the airplane injuries and emotional care to treat any stress or trauma caused by the incident
• The cost of all legal services to prepare, file, and litigate your airplane injury lawsuit
• Your lost income from the harm you sustained in the airplane injury incident prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully recovered and cleared by a medical professional to return to work.

In cases involving severe harm and that require a lengthy healing or recovery process, the victim is permitted to seek added compensation for their pain and suffering. As this is not a documented amount like your lost income or medical bills, you will rely on your DTLA Law Group legal team to offer guidance in selecting a reasonable amount for this aspect of the compensation based on recently resolved cases and the amount of pain and suffering those victims received.

In most cases, personal injury victims have two years from the date of their injuries to file a lawsuit with the court. If the case is not filed when the time limit expires, the victim loses the right to seek compensation for the losses and costs created by the incident in the future. Finally, victims should remember that very few exceptions would provide them with more time to file a lawsuit once the original time limit has passed. So, please reach out to DTLA Law Group today to learn more about the time remaining for you to file a lawsuit.

When you hire DTLA Law Group to handle your airplane injury case, we never demand any fees or expenses to be paid upfront. We know that these costs often prevent injury victims from getting the legal services needed to secure the compensation that is owed to them. Our firm only gets paid after the case is completed, and you have the compensation needed to cover your legal costs and other expenses. In addition, if your DTLA Law Group airplane injury attorney fails to win your case and get you the compensation needed to cover your bills, you owe the firm nothing for its time and investment in building the lawsuit.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to DTLA Law Group and speak to their exceptional office staff about a free consultation to discuss your case and determine if you have grounds for a lawsuit. This simple and free step is the best way to know that you have a viable solution to the medical expenses and other losses caused by another person’s negligence that caused you harm.

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