Electrical Shock Injuries... We have litigated electrocution cases in Florida. Our trial law firm recovered $2 million for the death by electrocution of worker at a plant. The suit was against the corporation that employed him and the case required getting past workers' compensation immunity. Electric shock injuries are caused by many ways such as accidental contact with the exposed parts of electrical appliances, children playing with electric cords and plugs, faulty electrical outlets, exposed high voltage wires, digging or drilling into power lines, or by accidental exposure to high voltage lines. For more information about your legal rights following an electrical shock injury, please contact Attorney Timothy Nies to schedule a free consultation.
Nationwide, electrical injuries results in an estimated 1,000 deaths per year and about 3,000 admissions to burn centers per year. Up to 40% of serious electrical injuries are fatal.
Electrical injuries have become a more common form of trauma with a distinct pathophysiology. Such injuries are of several types, such as: lightning injury, high-voltage injury, and low-voltage injury. The injuries result from direct effects of current, from conversion of electrical energy into thermal energy as the current passes through the body tissues, which unfortunately is a good conductor of electricity, and from secondary effects. The severity of injury is determined by the voltage, current intensity, types of current, the current pathway, the duration of exposure, the resistance of the tissues, contact surface, and the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Timothy C. Nies
Grossman Attorneys at Law
Tel: 954-302-8919
E-mail: timnies@ymail.com
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