Electrocution Injuries Questions & Answers
Straight answers to what people ask most. These hold wherever you were hurt — for the deadlines and rules that depend on your state, choose your state below.
Who Is Responsible for an Electrical Injury?
It depends on where the hazard was and who controlled it, and electrical cases often involve more than one responsible party. A property owner or landlord may be responsible for unsafe wiring in a building. A contractor may be responsible for faulty or unpermitted electrical work. A utility may be responsible for a dangerous power line, and a manufacturer for a defective product.
Read the answer →Why Electrical Injuries Are Deceptively Serious
Electrical injuries are unlike most others because so much of the harm can be hidden. Electricity travels through the body along the path of least resistance, and it can cause deep burns and damage to muscle, nerves, and organs that is not visible on the surface. It can also affect the heart and the nervous system in ways that appear or worsen later.
Read the answer →How Much Does an Electrocution Injury Lawyer Cost?
We handle electrocution and electric shock injury claims on a contingency basis for the cases we take, which means there is no fee unless we recover for you. The fee is a percentage of the recovery, and if there is no recovery, you do not owe an attorney fee.
Read the answer →Questions about the law in your state?
Filing deadlines, fault rules, and limits on damages differ by state. Choose where you were hurt for answers under that state's law.
General information, not legal advice. Every situation is different, and the law differs by state.