Electrical Injury Attorney

Pennsylvania - New Jersey - New York - Nationwide

Exposure to electricity results in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries each year in the United States. Many of those seriously hurt or killed are workers, with occupational deaths accounting for some 250 lives lost.

-- See power line injuries --

At both work and at home, some electrocution mishaps involve negligence – unsafe working conditions, insufficient safety training, manufacture or design defects in appliances, shoddy work by a repairman or subcontractor, a power company’s failure to properly fix or replace a damaged power line.

If you or a loved one suffered a severe electrical injury or death as a result of possible negligence, you may want to contact an electrical injury attorney for a free review of your case. Kline & Specter, P.C., one of the nation’s top law firms, has unique lawyer/doctor teams to investigate and evaluate potential electrical injury lawsuits.

Electrical current exposure can result in a wide range of injuries, including skin burns as well as internal burns that can cause swelling and compression of the arteries, cutting off blood supply to the limbs. It can cause deadly abnormal heart rhythms, kidney damage and even cataracts.

In some cases, an electrical jolt can cause a bad fall, resulting in dislocations or broken bones. Nerve damage to the spinal cord can result in paralysis, numbness, chronic pain or erectile dysfunction. Electrical damage to the nerves and brain can manifest in seizures, brain hemorrhages, short-term memory loss, personality changes and difficulty sleeping.

In one recent case, a woman in Allegheny County, Pa., was severely burned and died after a high-voltage power line fell on her in front of her home. No adverse weather conditions existed at the time of the mishap, which is now the subject of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the woman’s family by Shanin Specter. (See The Goretzka Case.)

In 2008, Specter negotiated a $35 million settlement on behalf of more than 100 entities whose business were damaged or destroyed by a huge fire – believed to have started in an electrical panel box -- at the former Continental Business Center in Bridgeport, Pa., in 2001.  Among the defendants in the case were the center’s owner, the manufacturer of the panel box, electrical contractors and insurance company inspectors.

Many of the serious injuries and deaths due to electrocution occur in the workplace, with about 250 reported annually. In addition, nearly 3,000 yearly are hurt badly enough in electrical mishaps to miss work to recuperate.

Leading causes of workplace electrocutions include contact (often with metal ladders) with overhead power lines and contact with wiring, transformers or other electrical components. Machines, tools, appliances and light fixtures also are often involved.

Kline & Specter, with some 30 experienced attorneys, several of whom are also highly regarded doctors, is one of the nation's leading law firms with the ability to litigate electrical injury claims. Contact an electric injury lawyer today.

Kline & Specter handles cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and Nationwide, working with local attorneys in states outside PA, NJ and NY.

In Pennsylvania, Kline & Specter handles cases in and around: Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Chester, Doylestown, Drexel Hill, Easton, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Johnstown, Lancaster, Levittown, McCandless, McKeesport, Monroeville, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Radnor, Reading, Scranton, State College, West Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and York.

In New Jersey, the firm handles cases in and around: Atlantic City, Bayonne, Brick Township, Camden, Cherry Hill, Clifton, Edison, Elizabeth, Fort Lee, Jersey City, Lakewood, Millville, Newark, New Brunswick, Paterson, Pennsauken, Plainfield, Toms River, Trenton, Union, Vineland, Voorhees and Willingboro.