Maison Law represents the victims of accidents caused by hazards encountered while traveling out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). We assist surviving victims in getting the support they need to make a full recovery.
Please contact us after an accident at an airport or on an airplane for a free, no-obligation consultation for you and your family. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your case may be worth and how to hold the City of Los Angeles or an airline fully liable.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Getting Injured at LAX?
If your injuries suffered while at the airport turn out to be very minor, you may not need a lawyer to receive fair treatment. But if your injuries are more serious, like a broken bone or a head injury, it’s wise to speak to a legal professional about what happened and how to ensure you get the support needed for recovery.
When medical bills will run high, commercial insurance providers for airports and airlines will fight harder to avoid accepting the blame. At fault government entities and airlines will try these tactics and others:
- Blame you for your accident
- Question your doctors about how badly you are hurt
- Use corporate lawyers to try to get you to accept far less than you’ll need to recover
- Delay your financial support so you get behind on bills and get desperate enough to accept any “lowball offer”
Your Maison Law Airport Accident Lawyer protects you against these tactics. Your lawyer investigates your case and then uses the evidence to hold Los Angeles, business owners, and airlines fully responsible for helping support you as you heal.
Airport Hazards at LAX
A devastating airline crash can cause deadly harm to hundreds of people and leave families forever without their loved ones. Maison Law compassionately represents airplane crash victims and their families.
We don’t back down from major airlines and their lawyers. We force airlines to accept responsibility for their negligence, which leads to crashes, and demand that they support those left behind. We can represent families in wrongful death cases while allowing as little disruption for the family as possible.
Sometimes travelers face accident risks well before they get into the air. At a busy place like LAX, just getting from the parking lot, up an escalator, and past piles of luggage can be unnecessarily dangerous.
When an accident is caused by the carelessness or recklessness of an airline, an airport, or its employees, victims should receive compensation for their every medical bill and other damages.
These are just a few of the types of preventable risks that could leave an airport responsible for your injury:
- Accidents in unsafe airport parking lots and parking garages. Dangers in Structures P1-P7 by the terminals and in economy lots. Stairwell accident risks. Tripping on potholes. Security risks.
- Pedestrian collisions. Getting hit by cars in crosswalks that aren’t monitored and designed safely.
- Injuries involving airport shuttle buses and trains.
- Airport Slip-and-falls. Falling on puddles that should be mopped up. A tumble down an unsafe escalator. A wet floor in an airport bathroom leading to a fall and a powerful blow to the head.
- Injury from falling construction debris or lights.
- Injury caused by vehicles used in terminals.
- A trip-and-fall while boarding or un-boarding a plane. A painful fall while making your way down a jetway.
- Flight attendant mistakes.
- Dangers to elderly passengers created by the airline.
- Dangers to unaccompanied minor passengers caused by the negligence of the airline.
- Dangers to disabled passengers caused by the non-compliance of an airline or an airport.
- Injuries caused by suitcases falling out of overhead bins.
Who Can I Sue If I’m Hurt at the Airport?
The City of Los Angeles, airlines, and business owners operating out of the airport all have a legal duty to keep visitors safe. Premises liability laws call it a “duty of care” to protect you from hazards that airport employees and other travelers can create.
Airport staff and managers must monitor parking lots, terminals, and jetways for developing dangers all day long. They must clean up or repair those obstacles before you have the chance to come along and get hurt. If they don’t, owners and operators can be held fully liable for the cost of every doctor visit you make and much more.
Your Maison Law attorney would help you file a claim against these and other parties who could be proven to have contributed to your accident:
- City of Los Angeles – The city’s Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) department is responsible for the safe operation of the airport. If you seek to hold LAWA responsible for your injury, beware that lawsuits against the government can be complex. You may be forced to ask permission from the city before you can file a claim. The deadline for filing a claim will also be much shorter than the usual two years injured victims have to take action against a normal at-fault party.
- Airport Business Owners – This might include store and restaurant owners who provide unsafe dining facilities. It could involve a hotel that sends a careless shuttle driver to the airport.
- Airline owner and operator — The owner of a plane and a charter or rental company would also likely face liability if you are hurt on a plane. They are responsible for the actions of the pilots and mechanics they hire.
- Aircraft Manufacturers – A design flaw or a manufacturing problem might leave an aircraft maker financially responsible for crashes.
Compensation for Victims After an Accident at LAX
A skilled attorney would be looking into every party that might share in liability for what happened to you. The more parties you can hold liable, the better chance you’ll receive enough in compensation to pay every medical bill now and those to come in the future.
These and other factors should all earn support in an airport accident settlement check:
- Hospital and medical expenses.
- Costs associated with a permanent physical disability such as medical equipment, and renovations at home and work. Potential costs for education to learn a new career.
- Emotional and physical distress. The physical pain you experience and the anxiety and depression that may follow a traumatic incident and injury.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Travel expenses. Money spent getting to appointments and seeing specialists that may be in other cities or states.
- Income and benefits you’ve forfeited while missing work.
- Damage to personal items.
Can My Family Receive Support If a Loved One Is Lost in an LAX Accident?
Yes. Families who lose someone to a devastating fall at an airport or in an airline crash are empowered to seek support through a wrongful death claim.
Families could ask The City of Los Angeles or an airline for money to help pay for a proper funeral and burial. Support should be extended to help pay any medical expenses left behind by the deceased.
A Los Angeles Wrongful Death Lawyer can represent the entire family left behind, including the spouse and children of the victim. An attorney would also seek support to protect the family in the future. Loved ones will be robbed of the guidance and financial support the victim would have provided and should receive additional support.
Contact a Los Angeles Airport Injury Lawyer
If an airline’s negligence causes you or a loved one to get hurt, you should speak to a Los Angeles Airline Injury Attorney. Contact us to schedule a free and confidential consultation. It’s a chance to find out what your case may be worth and how to hold the city of L.A. or an airline fully responsible.
We also compassionately represent families who have lost a loved one in a devastating aircraft disaster. We handle the negotiations with airlines and their lawyers, to allow family members the time to grieve their loss without worry over the future.
Victims and their families have up to two years to file an accident claim, but they should act quickly. As time passes, evidence will disappear and witnesses will become harder to locate. Let your attorney begin building your case as soon as possible.
What if I can’t afford to pay a lawyer? If you require our help to secure what’s fair from an airport or an airline, you won’t need any upfront money. Maison Law doesn’t get paid unless we win your case for you and your family. Then our fee comes out of the compensation an airport or airline is forced to pay to you.
