Injury Settlement Amounts Depend on the Quality of Your Lawyer
Air compressors are a common sight on construction sites, in auto shops and even in home garages and workshops all across America. Air compressors compress and store air inside a metal holding tank for a wide variety of uses. Used with an assortment of air-powered tools—nail guns, sanders, drills, paint sprayers, air wrenches—air compressors are usually powered by a gasoline or diesel engine, although there are also compressors that run on AC current.
Plenty, actually. While air compressors don’t have quite the notoriety of, say, chain saws when it comes to injuries and deaths, there is still plenty that can go wrong. Air compressors sold by many different manufacturers at a variety of retail stores have been responsible for numerous injuries.
For example, there are many instances of hoses and the fittings on compressor hoses failing when under pressure. When this happens, fragments of the fitting and the hose are sent flying with enough force to shatter windows and seriously maim, or kill, anyone they strike.
Worst of all are the occasions where compressor tanks explode. For instance, in November of 2013 a man and his son were critically injured when an air compressor inside an auto body shop exploded and caused the building to collapse on them. Even more tragically, a 12-year-old New Jersey girl was killed by an exploding portable air compressor she had been using to fill her bicycle tires with air.
If you have been injured, have a spouse or family member who suffered wrongful death due to the failure of an air compressor, or have sustained property damage due to an air compressor incident, the Milwaukee personal injury attorneys of Warshafsky Law have the expertise to ensure maximum possible compensation for your injury or loss.
Every year, the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) issues recalls of air compressors due to manufacturing defects or poor design which can result in injury. Even the partial list below illustrates just how serious the problems can be:
Unlike “sign and settle” law firms, we won’t be swayed by the lowball offers made by insurance companies. While attorneys at those firms rarely ever set foot in a courtroom, we prepare your case from day one as if it will be heard before a judge and jury. Many of them do, indeed, go to court. And the result has been a long string of judgments which force businesses and manufacturers to make drastic changes that benefit all who use their products. We call these Society Changing Judgments.
Our willingness to take every case to trial is well known in legal circles and among the insurance companies we face off against. If they want to keep a case out of the public eye, they know they’ll have to do better than toss out a lowball settlement offer when we’re on the other side of the table.
You might think you’ll have to pay a fortune to hire our Milwaukee personal injury attorneys. In fact, it won’t cost a thing to get us working for you. If you have a solid case, we’ll represent you with no retainer fee and no monthly or bi-monthly bills. We don’t ask for payment until your case is resolved and you have been compensated.
If you have been injured by an air compressor, you may have grounds for a personal injury lawsuit. Such claims fall under product liability law. To prevail in such cases, it is necessary to show that the injury was due to a manufacturing defect, a design defect, or the manufacturer’s failure to provide proper operating instructions for the compressor or to adequately warn users of a known danger.
Cases involving product liability typically require a law firm with the ability to conduct extensive investigations into the product and other similar cases. Additionally, expert witnesses are always necessary. The Milwaukee personal injury attorneys of Warshafsky Law have extensive experience preparing—and winning—product liability cases.
Contact our Milwaukee personal injury attorneys today to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation.
