Were You Injured At The Time Of Embarking Or Disembarking A Flight?

Sadly, the potential for a life-altering or threatening injury when embarking or disembarking from a flight is significant. When walking down a jet way or using the mobile stairways to board or disembark a flight, it is possible to suffer slip and fall or trip and fall injuries that could result in one or more of these injuries:

• Fractured, broken, or shattered bones
• Compound fractures
• Neck, back, and spinal cord damage
• Severe lacerations and puncture wounds that can involve internal bleeding and damage to internal organs
• Joint dislocations or damage to the soft connective tissue of the joints
• Facial injuries that can involve the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or the delicate facial skin
• Compression or crushing injuries
• Partial or complete amputations
• Head injuries that can include a severe concussion, skull fracture, brain bleed, or other traumatic brain injuries

If you were hurt when embarking or disembarking from a flight, please seek a medical evaluation and get the medical care needed to treat any harm you suffered. Then contact DTLA Law Group to discuss the potential of filing a personal injury lawsuit against the airline if there was any staff negligence involved in the incident.  

When you book a flight, the airline has an obligation to provide you with a safe flight as well as protect your safety when you are embarking and disembarking from the flight. The jetways and stairways must be routinely cleaned and inspected to ensure they are safe for passengers to use. In addition, when a safety hazard is reported to airline staff, they are required to address the issue in a prompt manner to ensure others are not injured by the hazard. If the airline staff fail to take the necessary action swiftly, they can be deemed negligent in their duty of care. In addition, if that negligence is found to have caused or contributed to a passenger suffering an injury, the airline can be held responsible for the losses and expenses incurred by the injury victim.

Unfortunately, there are many areas of the jetway and stairway that could be damaged or worn, which might result in a passenger suffering an injury while boarding or leaving a flight. Some of the more common hazards include:

• Missing or damaged safety handrails
• Damaged or uneven flooring or pavement surfaces
• Broken or worn-out stairs

• Wet or saturated floor mats at the entrance to the plane, jetway, or steps

• Electrical cords or hoses left in the jet way
• Spilled food or drinks that were not  properly cleaned up
• Litter or debris left in the walkways
• Personal items or items being used on the flight that were dropped in the jet way

If you feel that the injuries you suffered could have been prevented if the airline staff had focused more on their obligation to ensure the safety of passengers, please get in touch with DTLA Law Group today to discuss the case and the potential for a personal injury lawsuit. Our staff can be reached 24/7 to help you understand this matter and your rights.

Victims of personal injuries need to understand that there are no predetermined compensation amounts awarded by the court for specific injuries or harm caused by another person’s negligence. Instead, each lawsuit is carefully evaluated, and the compensation amount awarded to the victim is based on their actual losses and expenses. Working with your DTLA Law Group airline injury attorney, you will gather all documentation to confirm the actual losses and expenses you incurred because of the incident caused by airline negligence. These items will be tabulated to determine the compensation sought by your lawsuit, and typically include but are not always limited to:

• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed during the incident embarking or disembarking from the flight
• Your lost income if the harm you suffered in the injury incident prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully healed and cleared by your medical care providers to return to work
• The cost of all legal services related to preparing, filing, and litigating your airline injury lawsuit
• The cost of all current and projected medical expenses related to diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitation of the airline injuries

In cases that involve severe injuries that require lengthy recovery time, it is permitted to seek additional compensation for the victim’s pain and suffering. Because this is not a documented amount, the victim will often rely on the guidance of their legal team to suggest a fair and reasonable amount for this aspect of the compensation. Legal professionals routinely review cases similar to their clients’ to understand the amount of pain and suffering compensation the court is willing to grant in specific cases.

As the victim of personal injuries sustained when embarking or disembarking a flight, you have two years from the date of the injury incident to file your lawsuit with the court. The time limit is strictly enforced, and once it has expired, the injured victim no longer has the right to pursue any legal action related to securing compensation for the losses and expenses created by that specific incident. Finally, there are very limited exceptions that would provide more time for the victim to take legal action against the airline once the original time limit has passed. Please do not hesitate to contact DTLA Law Group today to discuss the time remaining for you to file a lawsuit to secure compensation for losses and expenses caused by airline negligence.

When you hire DTLA Law Group, we never charge any upfront legal fees or expenses. Instead, our firm will handle any case with legal merit and never require any payments until the case is completed, and you have the compensation that includes funds to cover your legal costs and other expenses. In addition, if your lawyer fails to win the airline injury lawsuit and deliver the compensation needed to cover your bills and losses, you owe DTLA Law Firm nothing for their time and the investment made to prepare the case.

Please get in touch with the caring and dedicated office staff at DTLA Law Group today to discuss the facts of your injury incident while embarking or disembarking from a flight, and if you have reason to take legal action to secure compensation owed to you for harm caused by airline staff negligence. Our team can be reached around the clock to help you understand and begin to resolve the issues caused by this upsetting and often very preventable event.

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