Los Angeles Electrocution Wrongful Death Lawyers

Before we discuss that, let’s first learn about our trial lawyers’ background and experience with electrical shock victims and their surviving family members in Los Angeles.

Why Choose Ehline Law to Handle Your Wrongful Death Lawsuit?

In summary, excitement is what makes the difference. We treat everyone with decency and respect, much like our U.S. Marines do. Thus, we continue to show everlasting dedication to our clientele. Our legal professionals also work quickly.

We’re all sick of phoning lawyers just to be let down by how unprofessional and nasty they seem on the phone, right? After nearly losing his life in a passenger car accident on the 55 Freeway as a teenager, our president, Michael Ehline, shared these sentiments.

The attorneys he dealt with were ignorant of the difficulties people face in the “real world.” First off, Michael Ehline, our main attorney, read law in law practice before passing the bar exam. According to his account, he began his career in personal injury litigation as a paralegal. What other qualities does Ehline possess that make him a better choice for your legal counsel?

On behalf of a deceased person’s estate, an experienced lawyer from our office can seek compensation for economic and non-economic damages (medical expenses, pain, and suffering, including the fear of impending death, mental agony, physical discomfort, and emotional distress while still living, etc.) Schedule a free legal consultation today!

Michael Ehline Is Knowledgeable About Complex Electrical Injuries and Laws

Ehline held a C-47 contractor license. Mike was raised in the construction industry in Los Angeles and Orange County by his B-1-licensed father. Michael, therefore, possesses comprehensive knowledge of electrical codes and electrocution accidents.

Additionally, as a personal injury lawyer, he is familiar with state and local building laws.

Severities and Risks of an Electric Shock Injury

Electrocution injuries can range from minor to deadly. We are aware that Los Angeles has a large number of old transformers and aging electrical infrastructure, even though there are no statistics on electrocutions and deaths that are specific to L.A.

Reports of catastrophic explosions, fatal injuries, and deadly currents harming and killing customers, workers, and construction site visitors are all over the news channels.

What is known is that, on average, people who live, work, or commute through Los Angeles continue to have a higher risk of suffering electrical workplace accidents than people in the rest of the country. Additionally, alarming figures on electric shock injuries nationwide.

The fact that workplace electrocution and cardiac arrest are now the fourth most common cause of occupational injuries and wrongful death lawsuits nationwide should worry construction workers in Southern California in particular.

Around 350 fatalities a year are caused by outdated, improperly maintained power lines, misaligned electrical equipment, fractured wires, and even unground wires in the construction industry alone. However, even then, L.A. City and County have completely ignored our above-ground and subsurface electricity lines.

Investigating Recent Electrocution Wrongful Death Lawsuits in L.A

According to CBS News Los Angeles, the decedent’s survivors in a Valley Village Electrocution sued the L.A., DWP, for wrongful death. Furthermore, their loved ones “died by electrocution after an accident in Valley Village last year.” Therefore, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was sued by the survivors in that case.

The DWP should be sued because they are in charge of maintaining the water and electrical lines in Los Angeles. After all, it is claimed that two female pedestrians died as a result of water and power mixing together.

As a result, the government was named as a civil defendant in the aforementioned case. The DWP was accused of not taking proper care and poor managing the water and electricity. In contrast to a construction accident that occurred on a private job site, this case is unique. Due to the fact that the actors are typically private, there are additional concerns with an insurance company and legal action.

Additionally, the statutes of limitations issues are very different when suing a non-governmental organization.

KEY: Finding Important Witnesses

It’s crucial to identify onlookers and early EMT personnel right away. Ideally, the LAPD or Airport Police would record all the witnesses’ names, addresses, and phone numbers for you. All of them are components of the puzzle. They can all provide information on who did what and when.

In a perfect world, your personal injury attorneys would be able to request the police report and dispatch a private eye or law clerk to interview onlookers for evidence. The attorney will then write declarations and transcribe them. Then, the attorney or his apprentice will visit these witnesses and ask them to sign these affidavits under penalty of perjury.

What If Emergency Personnel Failed to Compile Witness Information?

No plan survives the first contact, which means that once you are engaged in battle, nothing happens according to plan. Therefore, occasionally, we have to play detective and pull a Perry Mason.

As a result, as part of our investigation, we would look up the first responders’ names and try to speak with them. We would attempt to startle their memory of important information, such as recognizing the characteristics of people present at the scene. In order to try and speak with the person who reported the incident, we would order 9-1-1 transcripts.

More Hints and More Clues

The process of obtaining evidence is crucial to creating a wrongful death action analysis against responsible parties. Therefore, returning to the electrocution site may be part of our deep dive. There, together with our engineers and accident recon personnel, we will carry out our special inquiry.

As an example, we can approach individuals who might reside in the area or work there to ask if they had heard or seen anything. Essentially, someone might have already voiced their displeasure at a loud, zapping, annoying frying noise.

Could That Zapping Sound Be Proof?

You better believe it. Perhaps it was background noise or something a resident, like a retired construction worker, would be familiar with from personal experience? Maybe the dog of the local jogger was startled, and the local recalled the strange axial and radial vibration emanating from the windings of a defective transformer.

Perhaps someone inhaled the ozone and nitrogen dioxide that we often associate with a lightning strike during a storm? In any case, this is all proof that Los Angeles County or City knew there was a risk but did nothing to make it safe.

This evidence would be secured IMMEDIATELY by a competent attorney. An impersonal attorney can dismiss your wrongful death case or electrical injury case out of hand over the phone. We are aware of this since we have accepted numerous electrocution cases that another office turned down or in which the client fired the attorney. Nevertheless, despite the fact that we were late, our team managed to beat a lousy attorney.

As with sales, becoming a catastrophic loss investigator requires you to search the streets. Being a gumshoe lawyer requires a thick rhinoceros skin since there is a lot of rejection.

Anatomy of a Wrongful Death Electrical Shock

When a victim’s body is included in a circuit, electrical injuries may result. They become imprisoned in a small electrical arc. As a result, this covers incidents like a lightning strike or an arc welder injury. Such kinds of dangerous working conditions are common in the construction sector.

These often happen when a high-voltage power line comes into contact with an electrical conductor or an electrically conductive object. However, it can also occur if a child bites a conductive low-voltage energy source. Therefore, even a D.C. power wire bite could result in wrongful death claims or permanent nerve damage through an electric current.

What Are the Different Categories for Injuries Related to Electricity?

Flash Burns

Flash burns are a known result of an electrical arc. People nearby may suffer greatly since it has the potential to produce a flash of intense heat.

Thermal contact burns, for instance, can occur from coming into contact with hot surfaces or even overheated electric conductors. Thus, this might refer to a conduit or other electrically-charged objects in your workplace, home, or nearby. Each of these serious injuries is capable of happening simultaneously.