Power Tool Injuries: Accident Attorney

Have you sustained unnecessary injuries while working with power tools in Texas? Let our firm offer its services and get you the settlement you deserve.

According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, more than 400,000 people suffer power tool injuries each year. Of those injured, more than 200 people a year are killed by power tools.

Power tools can be found on every construction site in San Antonio, Texas. Advances have been made in power tool technology, making power tools smaller, more powerful and readily available. The recent increase in the number of power tools used on construction sites throughout Texas has dramatically increased the number of people exposed to a potential injury involving a power tool. Injuries involving the use of power tools include burns, lacerations, puncture wounds, electrical shock, loss of sight, and potentially death.

Claim possibilities in power tool injury cases

Employees injured by power tools may have a claim against the manufacturer and/or supplier of the power tools. Under Texas law, manufacturers and suppliers owe a legal duty to only sell products fit for their intended use. You may have a claim if a power tool’s manufacturer failed to properly equip their power tools’ moving parts with safety guards. Additionally, claims may be brought against the manufacturer if the power tool injury resulted from a manufacturing defect or design defect.

Employees injured by power tools may also have a claim against their employer or general contractor. Employers have a duty to ensure that the workplace is safe from known and to use reasonable care to inspect for unknown hazards. Your employer owes a duty to ensure that you are properly trained and supervised. Furthermore, modifications to power tools made by the employer or at the employer’s direction can also result in serious injury. Don’t worry – our San Antonio law firm can help.

Many people injured while using power tools believe that they are solely responsible for their own injuries. However, they do not realize that often times the injury sustained could have been prevented had appropriate measures been taken by the manufacturer of the product or by their employer. Contact our firm and one of our San Antonio construction injury attorneys will meet with you to discuss your case. The attorneys here at our firm will aggressively pursue every party responsible for the injury you sustained while using power tools.

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Equipment Malfunction Cases: Injury Lawyers

Equipment malfunction – a risk taken by many San Antonio construction workers. Don’t let an injury due to equipment malfunction harm your finances. Our lawyers in San Antonio can help.

San Antonio construction companies are constantly increasing the number of power tools and heavy machinery used on the job site. With the increase in use also comes the increase in workers that are injured when those power tools or heavy machinery malfunction. Power tools and machinery put construction workers at great risk when a malfunction occurs. Power tool injuries usually occur because the use of power tools requires the operator to be within close proximity of the tool. When a power tool malfunctions, there is often no opportunity for the operator to react before they are injured.

Heavy Equipment malfunctions often result in catastrophic injury due to the power and size of the equipment involved. When a crane, bobcat, backhoe or other machinery malfunction, the operator as well as bystanders are put at risk.

Malfunctioning power tools and heavy equipment can inflict serious bodily injury on construction workers. Workers injured by power tools and heavy equipment often suffer the loss of limbs, broken bones, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and death. Our San Antonio legal team is here to protect your rights and get you the settlement you need.

The very nature of equipment malfunction cases requires that the equipment or power tool be inspected as quickly as possible. Having the equipment thoroughly inspected will preserve evidence that may be critical to your claim.

If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of an equipment malfunction on a construction site, don’t delay. Our lawyers will act quickly on your behalf to examine the defective product and preserve the evidence in your case. Call the San Antonio construction injury lawyers at our firm today for a free consultation with a licensed attorney.

What is Post-Judgment Interest? – Personal Injury Lawyers

Post-Judgment Interest Can be Used to Ensure You Get Your Compensation Sooner Rather Than Later

Our attorneys and staff are dedicated to obtaining the maximum compensation possible for our clients’ personal injuries, including prejudgment and post-judgment interest. If you’ve suffered personal injuries because of someone else’s negligent or reckless actions, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. To ensure that you are fully compensated you should retain an experienced personal injury attorney who knows how to apply and enforce post-judgment interest to a court’s award. Our attorneys have a successful track record of obtaining favorable judgments and enforcing post-judgment interest for our clients for over 20 years and may be able to put their unique combination of skill and expertise to work for you.

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A personal injury victim can assert a lawsuit against the parties that caused their injuries under Texas’s personal injury laws to recover compensation for those injuries and their associated medical expenses. Texas law also allows personal injury victims to attach post-judgment interest to their court award, which is intended to reimburse the injury victim for their lost ability to invest their judgment proceeds.

The Purpose of Post-judgment Interest in Texas Personal Injury Cases

Post-judgment interest is designed to encourage parties that are responsible for causing someone’s personal injuries to quickly pay the judgment asserted against them and to prevent them from making delayed judgment payments by asserting frivolous appeals or through indifference. Notably, post-judgment interest is applied to the entire judgment, including prejudgment interest, court costs, and the compensation awarded for the personal injury victim’s injuries.

Importantly, Texas courts have repeatedly stated that post-judgment interest is not intended to punish the party that caused a personal injury victim’s injuries; rather, post-judgment interest is intended to compensate the personal injury victim’s lost opportunity to invest and use their compensation after trial.

Calculating Post-judgment Interest in Texas Personal Injury Cases

Calculating post-judgment interests in an injury victim’s personal injury case is often a very difficult task. Before discussing how to calculate the post-judgment interest in your personal injury case, it’s important to note that the process can quickly become complicated and will likely benefit from the close scrutiny and analysis that can only be provided by an experienced personal injury attorney like ours.

When attaching post-judgment interest to your personal injury case, your attorney will apply the guidelines provided by the Texas Finance Code. Specifically, your attorney will apply the prime rate published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but they will adjust the prime rate to fit within the floor of 5% and ceiling of 15%. Your attorney will then apply the prime rate to your judgment, including prejudgment interest, court costs, and the compensation you’ve received for your injuries.

As you can see, calculating post-judgment interest in your personal injury case is an important and difficult process. Thankfully, our attorneys and staff are experienced in calculating and enforcing post-judgment interest against the party that caused your injuries. Our attorneys have made themselves available to provide a free consultation regarding your possible personal injury case any time, day or night. More here @ https://www.attorneys-sa.com/