What you can do about your amusement ride safety and ride injuries

Our amusement ride accident attorneys point out that there are a few things you could do to minimize your chances of experiencing an amusement ride accident. You could:

• Check to see if the amusement ride venue you’re visiting and ride operators have a license to operate the rides.
• Read all of the posted safety rules and follow them. For instance, if a sign says keep your hands and feet inside the ride car, do so. Obey the signs that tell you where and when to enter and exit a ride. Numerous fatal accidents occur when people, even ride operators step into the path of a moving ride part and get crushed or hit. This even happens to ride operators, so it’s best for your safety to follow the directions on all posted signs.
• Take note of emergency exit signs and know where to go in case of disaster.
• Accompany your children on rides if they will let you. And don’t let children on rides for which they don’t meet height or age requirements. Keep an eye on your children at all times and make sure they know how dangerous it is to engage in horseplay on a ride.

But sometimes an operator error or a mechanical failure will occur that no one could have anticipated. Accidents might result in serious or fatal injuries despite all efforts to take careful safety precautions. Our amusement ride accident attorneys caution that serious amusement ride injury can result in enormous expenses and heavy financial burdens for the victim. If you suffer a serious amusement ride injury you’ll need help. You’ll need to recover all of the financial compensation to which you’re entitled in order to meet your expenses and move forward again with life.

An experienced and knowledgeable amusement ride accident attorney could help you identify all those responsible for contributing to your accident and injuries. In the case of operator error, you might be able to hold the owner of the ride or amusement venue liable for negligent hiring and/or training of the employee that operated the ride and made the error. Pursue legal action against those whose negligence caused the accident. You might be eligible to seek financial compensation for your injuries from the ride’s designers, owners, operators, or other parties.

The amusement ride accident attorneys at Denena & Points have more than 12 years of solid experience working with injured clients in high-profile ride accident claims. When you need help, we could bring in knowledgeable medical experts to establish the full extent of the accident injuries and the medical care that will be required for the future. Qualified medical experts could help to establish the actual value of your medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional trauma, and necessary future medical care. We could also locate the qualified technical and mechanical ride experts to help with the complex evidentiary details involved in complex ride accident cases. Contact us for a free and confidential legal consultation at 877-307-9500 or use our online contact form on this page at your convenience.