Ceiling fans can be found practically anywhere – in restaurants, stores, hotels, motels, and homes. Ceiling fans are generally cheaper options that air conditioning systems and allow for a fresh breeze whenever necessary. Although there is no doubt that ceiling fans are convenient, they can potentially be dangerous. Ceiling fans can malfunction or break, for instance, and fall and strike anyone who is nearby.
Did you or a member of your family suffer harm associated with a ceiling fan incident? If so, you might have grounds to pursue a ceiling fan accident claim. If you are interested in learning more about your right to file a personal injury claim for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered due to a ceiling fan incident, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately. You can trust our lawyer to provide you with the guidance that you need to reach a successful claim outcome.
Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with many years of experience handling all sorts of injury claims, including those arising from ceiling fan incidents. Our lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to reach a successful claim outcome. Are you ready to discuss your claim with the injury lawyers at our firm? If so, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with our experts immediately.
Some Causes of Ceiling Fan Incidents
What leads to ceiling fan incidents? Some of the causes behind ceiling fan incidents are listed below:
- Defective ceiling fans: the ceiling fans are defective; they have issues with manufacturing, design, or labeling, for instance. This is directly associated with the negligent actions of the product manufacturer.
- Poorly installed ceiling fans: the ceiling fans are not installed properly. The faulty installation results in the incident. This can be typically associated with the negligence of the person who installed the ceiling fan, who can be the property owner or even the installation team.
- Poorly maintained ceiling fans: the ceiling fans are not properly maintained. Since there is no appropriate maintenance, screws and blades can loosen, for instance and result in an incident. Poorly maintained ceiling fans can be typically associated with the negligence of property owners.
Regardless of the specific cause of the incident, the incident could cause result in injuries.
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Examples of Ceiling Fan Injuries
If there is a ceiling fan incident, anyone who is standing, sitting, or even walking near the area immediately under the ceiling fan could potentially suffer injuries. Some examples of the injuries that victims of ceiling fan incidents could suffer include the following:
- Broken nose
- Brain injuries
- Facial fractures
- Head injuries
- Lacerations
- Neck injuries
- Ocular injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
Regardless of the harm that you or a member of your family suffered in a ceiling fan incident, you might have grounds to pursue a personal injury claim. If you are interested in learning more about your right to sue, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately.
Can You Sue?
Do you have the right to sue for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered in a ceiling fan incident? Based on the details surrounding your claim, you could sue. That is, you could sue based on the concept of negligence – a party or entity owed you a duty of care which was breached and led to an incident resulting in your injuries. Who can you sue? Based on the details surrounding your claim, you could be eligible to pursue a claim against the following parties or entities:
- The product manufacturer: if the ceiling fan was defective (that is, there was a defect in labeling, design, or manufacturing) and contributed to the harm that the victim suffered, the product manufacturer could be liable. This means that the victim could sue the product manufacturer.
- The property owner: if the ceiling fan represented a hazard that the property owner failed to identify and address (given that the property owner knew or should have known about the hazard) and contributed to the harm that the victim suffered, the property owner could be liable. This means that the victim could sue the property owner in which the accident occurred.
- The store owner (installation team): if the ceiling fan was improperly installed by the installation team provided by the store and contributed to the harm that the victim suffered, the store owner could be liable (only if the installation team is part of the store). It is important to note if the installation team is third-party, the third-party could be liable.
Would you like to learn more about your right to sue after a ceiling fan accident? If so, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm as soon as possible. Our lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and help you better understand your right to sue.
Can You Be Compensated?
Based on the details surrounding the ceiling fan incident and the harm suffered, you might be eligible to recover monetary compensation – given that your claim was successful. How much compensation could you recover? What type of compensation could you be awarded? The type and amount of compensation that you could be eligible to receive will always depend on the details surrounding your personal injury claim; therefore, it is important to seek legal assistance immediately to better understand the compensation that you could recover.
Although every claim is different, some ceiling fan incident claims could result in the recovery of some of the following types of compensation:
- Medical expenses
- Lost earnings
- Pain and suffering
- Property damage
- Funeral and burial costs
- Loss of consortium
- Punitive damages
- Legal expenses
If you are interested in learning more about the type and amount of compensation that you could be eligible to receive, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm as soon as possible. Our ceiling fan injury attorneys will not rest until you recover the compensation that you are owed.
What Should You Do?
After being injured in a ceiling fan incident, there are a number of things that you should do to ensure that you can prepare to pursue an injury claim. The most important thing that you must do is to evaluate your injuries and seek medical care as soon as possible. You should photograph your injuries as well as the entire scene of the accident. Additionally, you must report the incident as soon as possible (whether it is to the property owner or the manufacturer, for instance). If you are dealing with a product manufacturer, you must never agree to a free repair, a free replacement, a refund, or a return (agreeing to any of these will essentially void your right to sue). You must also speak to any witnesses and collect their contact information. If available, you should also collect any video surveillance that captured the incident. You must also collect all relevant records (including medical records, records of lost income, etc.) that can help prove your expenses and/or losses. Finally, you must seek legal assistance from an experienced lawyer immediately.
File Your Claim On Time
All claims are subject to a statute of limitations which determine the time that you have to sue. What deadline applies to your claim? In California, personal injury claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations. This means that claimants only have two years to sue (waiting past the two-year deadline could result in losing the right to sue). However, based on the details surrounding your claim, it is possible for exceptions to the statute of limitations to apply. If you are interested in learning more about the total length of time that you have to file your claim, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately.
Contact Us Today
At Normandie Law Firm, our ceiling fan injury attorneys are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to reach a positive claim outcome. Our lawyers have many years of experience handling all sorts of injury claims and helping victims and their families win the compensation that they are owed. At our firm, we are dedicated to being accessible to all affected parties; therefore, our firm offers free legal services. Our free legal services include free consultations and free second opinions, during which our lawyers will be available to answer all your questions and address all your concerns and provide you with all the information and guidance that you might need to pursue your claim. If you would like to benefit from our free legal services, contact us today.
At our firm, we offer a Zero-Fee guarantee; this means that our clients will not be required to pay upfront legal expenses to benefit from our legal services. Additionally, our firm is based on contingency, meaning that our clients will not have to pay any legal fees until after winning their claims.
Are you ready to discuss your claim with the experts at our firm? If so, contact us today.
