Things That Can Strengthen An Automatic Door Injury Case
One of the many ways that you can sustain an injury while you're in a public area is by getting crushed in an automatic door. While you may have successfully walked through automatic doors countless times in your life, you could encounter an issue in which the door closes on you and leaves you with an injury. It's a good idea to seek personal injury lawyer services to discuss the case. He or she will evaluate whether you have grounds to sue the property owner, which could be a shopping center, a hotel, or even an airport. Here are some things that can help to strengthen your door-injury case.
No "Out Of Order" Sign
If you see that an automatic door has an "Out of Order" sign and you proceed through the door anyway, you may end up hurt if it were to close with your body between the doors. This doesn't mean that you have grounds for a lawsuit, however, because the presence of the sign puts the onus of responsibility onto you to avoid using the door. However, if you were crushed in an automatic door that closed with no warning—likely because the door's sensor was malfunctioning—and no caution sign was present, you'll be looking at a strong case.
Poor Maintenance Record
One of the steps that your personal injury attorney will promptly take when you hire him or her is to assign an investigator to obtain the maintenance record for the door. Property owners are required to maintain such areas around a regular schedule; in some cases, this schedule will even be posted publicly. One of the best ways for your attorney to prove the property owner's negligence is to get a maintenance record that shows that the automatic door hadn't been maintained around its required schedule. The lack of maintenance suggests that the owner could have prevented your injury by taking care of the door.
Track Record Of Injuries
Your attorney's investigators will try to determine whether the automatic door that crushed you may have also done so to other people. Not everyone in this situation may have taken legal action, so identifying other victims can take some legwork. This step is critical toward showing negligence on behalf of the property owner, however, and this is especially true if he or she was aware of other injuries but failed to make the necessary repairs to the automatic door.
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