Elevator Door Injury Attorney

With the number of high-rise buildings in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, residents use elevators a few times a week or even multiple times a day when they reside in one of these buildings or their office is located in a larger building. These features have become so commonplace that no one ever thinks of the safety concerns that can be associated with a damaged or malfunctioning elevator. While television and the movies are keen on displaying an elevator falling in a shaft and creating a massive loss of life, that occurrence is far less common than typical harm caused by these units, such as injuries caused by an elevator door.

If you have been rushing for an elevator or seen someone else who is trying to catch the car before it continues to the next stop, you have certainly placed your hand over the edge of the doors to stop them from closing. On most occasions, that is a harmless and often considered polite gesture to help someone in a hurry. However, if that elevator door is damaged or malfunctions, you could end up with severe injuries rather than just a smile and thank you for your effort.

As a victim of an injury due to an elevator door, please know that you have many legal rights and should contact Kenmore Law Group at your earliest opportunity. Our office staff can be reached 24/7 to provide you with the answers to your general questions and those that are time-sensitive, so you are not afraid to get medical care or report the issue as an injury accident. In addition, our experts in the Kenmore Law Group office will work with you to book your free consultation with a seasoned elevator door injury attorney at your earliest convenience.

During your consultation, you will relate the facts of the injury incident and your injuries to your Kenmore Law Group attorney and answer any additional questions they have to ensure they fully understand the circumstances of the injury incident. Next, they will provide you with a detailed explanation of the legal merit of the case and if you have reason to consider an elevator door injury lawsuit to secure the compensation needed to cover your medical bills and other expenses resulting from your injuries. With this information, you can begin to make choices that will help you overcome the expenses and losses of this unfortunate incident that was not your fault but has caused you to face monetary challenges.

Finally, you must know that even after getting all of this expert legal guidance and information free of charge, you are not obligated to file a lawsuit or hire Kenmore Law Group. Even if you initially decide to forego legal action and then later change your mind, you are not required to hire Kenmore Law Group to handle the case. Our only motivation is to ensure that all personal injury victims shave the information and resources needed to protect themselves from excessive debt and issues created as a result of someone else’s negligence. But we ask that you contact the Kenmore Law Group team as swiftly as possible, as there is a time limit to file your lawsuit with the court, which could be substantially sooner than expected.

What Causes Elevator Door Injury Incidents?
You might think that a person rushing to catch an elevator is the reason for most elevator door injuries. However, that might be considered more of a contributing factor but not the actual cause of the injuries. These complex mechanical devices are required to be built and installed with many safety features to protect users of the elevators, even when they are rushing to board the car. There are sensors and safety features that are meant to prevent the elevator door from ever closing on a person or part of the human body and causing injuries. When these safety features are not regularly tested and inspected, the result can be a catastrophic injury to a guest of the office building, medical facility, hospital, apartment building, store, mall, or condo complex where the elevator is in service.

Who Is Liable For An Elevator Door Injury?
Determining who is to blame for the injuries you suffered in an elevator door incident is not always as simple as you might expect. The simple answer is that the property owner where the elevator is located is responsible because they are ultimately liable for the safety of guests on the entire property. The property owner or property management company could be responsible if they failed to have the elevator routinely serviced and inspected or if they altered the safety devices on the elevator or the elevator door mechanism to make it operate or function differently than it was intended to be used, or if they allowed users to misuse the elevator such as overloading it or jamming the door to keep it open longer than it was intended to remain open.

It is also possible that the liable party is the company that was hired to repair or service the elevator. If the worker who last repaired the elevator failed to do the work properly or overlooked some damage or wear that caused the elevator door safety features to fail, then that company could be held accountable for your harm. The blame for your injuries could also fall on another contractor in the building who was using the elevator improperly and caused damage to the safety features and sensors that allowed it to harm you.

While this could all seem overwhelming and far too complex to want to try to sort out right after suffering injuries, please know that you never need to worry about any of these complexities. Instead, all you need to do is reach out to the Kenmore Law Group elevator door injury attorneys to discuss the case. As long as your case has legal merit, meaning someone acted negligently or improperly and caused your injuries, our team is ready to handle every aspect of this legal matter for you.

How Much Is The Average Elevator Door Injury Lawsuit Worth?
Unless you have been involved in a personal injury case before, you might have no real knowledge of how the compensation amount is determined for these lawsuits. Many first time injury victims assume there are predetermined amounts awarded for certain injuries or incidents, but that is not the case. Instead, each lawsuit is carefully evaluated, and the court reviews the actual losses and expenses incurred by the victim to calculate the compensation they will receive.

Working closely with your Kenmore Law Group elevator door injury attorney, you will gather all the documentation to confirm the allowable expenses you incurred because of the injuries you sustained. The items most commonly used in this valuation process include but are not always limited to:

• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the elevator door injury incident
• The cost of all legal services to prepare, file, and litigate your elevator door injury lawsuit
• The cost of all current and projected medical expenses related to the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of your elevator door injuries, as well as any emotional care or therapy to handle the stress and trauma caused by the incident
• Your lost income if the harm you suffered in the elevator door injury incident prevented you from working at your regular job until you had made a complete recovery and were cleared by your medical care provider to return to the routine duties of your job

How Long Do I Have To File My Elevator Door Injury Lawsuit?
In most cases, the victim of personal injuries, such as harm caused by an elevator door, has two years from the date of the injury incident to file a lawsuit with the court. However, there is a significant exception when the responsible party is a government entity or agency. For example, the property owner where the incident occurred was the state or city. In these cases, the injury victim has only six months from the date of their injuries to file a lawsuit with the court to seek compensation for their losses and expenses.

It is also vital to understand that once the time limit has passed, the injury victim loses the right to seek compensation and justice via a lawsuit for harm caused by that particular incident. In addition, there are very minimal exceptions that would grant an injury victim added time to seek justice once the original time limit to file a claim has expired. Please reach out to Kenmore Law Group today to discuss the facts of your elevator door injury incident and the time remaining for you to pursue legal action.

The Added Confidence And Assurance When Hiring Kenmore Law Group
When you decide to work with the Kenmore Law Group legal team, you will be pleased to confirm that we never charge any upfront legal fees or expenses when we take on a case. We know that after suffering losses and facing costly medical expenses, many victims are not able to pay these fees, and the result is that they never pursue the legal action needed to secure the compensation they deserve.

Our firm only gets paid after the case is resolved, and you have the compensation that includes funds to cover your legal expenses and other costs created by your elevator door injuries. Finally, if your Kenmore Law Group elevator door injury attorney fails to win your case and get you the funds needed to cover your expenses and losses, you owe the firm nothing for the time and investment made in preparing your lawsuit. Please make time today to reach out to the office staff at Kenmore Law Group to explore this vital opportunity to seek justice and the compensation that is owed to you for the harm you suffered due to a malfunctioning elevator door.