Electrical injuries often happen without warning and can leave you with severe burns, nerve damage, and heart complications. You may also face long-term disability. In such a situation, speaking with our Chicago electrocution injury lawyer can help you understand how a routine worksite task, unsafe property condition, or faulty equipment led to your life-altering accident.
At Kaveny Sarmas Injury Lawyers, we put the personal in personal injury. While we are a small firm, we have big-firm experience, and one of our experienced work injury attorneys can help you evaluate what went wrong and identify who to hold legally responsible. We can review the full scope of your accident to determine whether a third party created or failed to correct a dangerous electrical hazard.
How Electrical Accidents Occur
Electrical accidents often occur when unsafe conditions expose you to a live current or a defective electrical system. This can happen on construction sites, in residential buildings, or in commercial properties with outdated or improperly maintained wiring.
Property owners and contractors have a legal duty under the Illinois Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130) to maintain reasonably safe conditions. When exposed wiring, missing ground fault protection, or poorly installed electrical systems create hazards, you can hold a third party responsible for your injuries.
Construction environments where multiple contractors work simultaneously also cause many electrical accidents. Our attorneys in Chicago can evaluate your claim to determine whether failure to follow electrical safety standards or improper coordination between trades created a dangerous circumstance that led to your injury.
Which Parties Can Be Held Responsible?
As electrocution injury cases often involve more than one responsible party, especially when the incident occurs on a job site or commercial property in Chicago, you can benefit from the advice and guidance of one of our attorneys. You may be dealing with a general contractor, a subcontractor, a property manager, or even a utility company, depending on where the electrical failure occurred.
When a party other than your direct employer, such as a subcontractor who improperly installs wiring or a property owner who ignores repeated electrical code violations, causes or contributes to the hazard, establishing third-party liability is critical. Utility companies that do not properly secure or maintain high-voltage lines can also be at fault. In those situations, we can conduct a detailed investigation to determine if a third party ignored safety protocols or if an equipment failure contributed to the incident.
Understanding Electrocution Injury Compensation Claims
Our lawyers help individuals in Chicago pursue compensation that covers the full impact of their electrical injuries and their effect on their daily lives. Severe electrical exposure can lead to long-term medical treatment, rehabilitation, and loss of income if you are unable to return to work.
These claims often require expert review of electrical systems, safety compliance records, and maintenance logs to establish where the breakdown occurred. A strong case depends on identifying each third party whose actions or omissions contributed to the unsafe condition. We can help investigate the cause of your accident and explain your legal options.
Call Our Chicago Attorneys About Your Electrical Injury Claim
When you are facing this type of situation, uncovering how the electrical hazard developed and who failed to prevent it determines how you can proceed. As these cases often involve multiple layers of responsibility, getting guidance from our Chicago electrocution injury lawyer at the start of your case is invaluable.
At Kaveny Sarmas, we care about your case. We focus on establishing third-party liability and can work to identify every party responsible for your injuries. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation.
