Amusement Park Accident Brooklyn Lawyer

Brooklyn amusement park accident attorneys

Amusement parks, carnivals, and theme parks often provide visitors with fun memories that last a lifetime. Unfortunately, not everyone takes home only happy memories. People are occasionally injured, sometimes seriously, on carnival, amusement park, and theme park rides. It’s not only the small, sometimes-shady traveling shows which have accidents: things can go wrong even at a major theme park, despite the management’s assertions of safe operation.

Comprehensive statistics are hard to come by, but reasonable estimates suggest that each year up to 1,500 adults and more than 4,000 children under age 18 are seriously injured on amusement park rides. One 2012 study estimated that as many as 15,000 people suffer ride-related injuries each year, and many of these require hospital visits. If you or a family member has suffered an injury because of an amusement park accident, you should quickly seek out legal assistance with an experienced amusement park accident lawyer.

Amusement park injuries can come in many forms, including very serious damage to the neck, spine, and brain. Broken noses, face bones, legs, and arms have been caused. Crush injuries, internal injuries, whiplash, and even electrocution have occurred. The most serious injuries can result in amputations, permanent paralysis, and death.

Some of the causes of amusement park injuries which can be the result of operator negligence include:
• Mechanical failure of any kind
• Improper operation, including operator error and improper training of operators
• Failure to post proper warnings or improper height and weight calculations or restrictions
• Inadequate security
• Faulty or inadequate safety systems, including faulty safety straps or harnesses, safety lock failure, malfunctioning lap bars, inadequate padding, sharp and protruding parts, and failure to load and unload in a safe and proper manner
• Improper installation or assembly
• Exposed electrical wires or electrical shorts or failures
• Inadequate maintenance or improper repairs
• Engineering design defects or limitations, structural flaws, or parts failure
• Loose, worn, or rusty cables, nuts, bolts, or belts
• Water damage, rust, corrosion, or broken welds
• Abrupt starts and stops or failure to shut off

A Brooklyn amusement park accident attorney who won’t take you for a ride

If you or a loved one has been injured by a ride at a carnival, amusement park, theme park, or similar venue, you need experienced representation to hold negligent operators accountable and fight to make you whole. Let Kuharski, Levitz, & Giovinazzo review your case today.

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