Maison Law represents the victims of accidents that occur while attending California state and county fairs, including the Big Fresno Fair. Our personal injury lawyers demand compensation for injured victims when fairground owners and operators, and government agencies allow guests to get hurt. Contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation for all victims and their families.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Suffering an Injury at The Big Fresno Fair?
If you suffer a serious injury at a state fair, you should speak to a California State Fair Accident Lawyer. Anything beyond a few minor scrapes or soreness could result in the need for expensive medical care. As hospital bills rise, owners and operators of the fair, and the State of California will be fighting even harder to avoid accepting blame for what happened to you.
Just trying to get your emergency room bills paid can put you up against unhelpful insurance adjusters and lawyers all assigned to try to limit the support you receive. They will try to blame you for what happened and downplay your injury. Your Maison Law attorney is your safeguard against this type of treatment. We fully investigate what happened and present strong evidence to force fair organizers to provide the maximum in benefits available.
What Kinds of Dangers Am I Exposed to at The Big Fresno Fair?
The Big Fresno Fair is Central Valley’s biggest fair of the year. More than 600,000 visitors walk through the gates at The Fresno County Fairgrounds for each year’s event in October.
Plenty of Fresno families and families from surrounding counties enjoy all the fun of hopping on the thrill rides and attending the amazing concerts. There are also the exhibits, the animals, and the horse racing events. Unfortunately, when you are forced to be so close to thousands of other people in cramped settings and near fast-moving machinery, accidents are never out of the question.
Fair attendees can be placed in harm’s way by a ride that hasn’t been inspected properly or a mistake made by a fair employee. Fairgoers could take a tumble off a raised platform when a loose handrail gives way.
These are just a few of the dangerous accidents that might leave fairgoers seeking injury support:
- Ride malfunction, manufacturing defect
- Ride operator error
- Electrical hazards on rides and from cords
- Burn injuries from the metal on rides and fire hazards
- Slip-and-fall hazards from food and drink spills
- Stairway, ramp, boardwalk, and sidewalk trip-and-fall obstacles
- Food poisoning
- Parking Lot hazards
- Overcrowding
- Exposure to chemicals and other harmful substances
- Exposure to illnesses like Legionnaires’ disease, E.coli, Salmonella, and cryptosporidiosis from expo displays and contact with animals
- Injury at a concert
- Negligent Security and crime risk
Safety and security at the fair are overseen by the Fresno Police Department each year. They enforce a code of conduct and are responsible for the safety of all guests. You can visit the Big Fresno Fair site to read over some of the safety precautions Fair Officials and local law enforcement take. Of course, a police presence and a code of conduct cannot prevent a number of injuries at the fair each year.
You can read more about the hazards at all events and shows held at Fresno County Fairgrounds all year round.
Who Is Responsible If I’m Hurt at The Big Fresno Fair?
Big Fresno Fair organizers and those who set up booths, sell merchandise, assemble rides, and inspect them can all be found liable for injuries to you or a family member at a fair. California personal injury law would empower you to seek full compensation for every recovery cost you faced, including the time you lost at your job while injured.
Under California’s premises liability laws, amusement parks and fair operators must show their ticketholders a legal “duty of care.” It means owners and operators must do everything possible to monitor for potential dangers and to remove them in a reasonable amount of time.
They are responsible for the hazards fairground employees may cause. But event organizers must also monitor for the obstacles other fairgoers leave behind. When someone gets hurt when this duty of care is ignored, victims have the legal right to seek compensation for their medical bills and other hardships.
These are just a few of the owners, operators, and companies that might be forced to provide you with a settlement check:
- Officials with the 21st District Agricultural Association a part of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Fairs & Expositions.
- Fairgrounds owners, in this case Fresno County.
- Ride Manufacturers.
- Ride Inspectors for The Division of Occupational Safety and Health also known as Cal/OSHA.
- Food vendors
- Retail vendors
In some cases, there may be multiple parties that contribute to an accident that causes you or your child to suffer an injury. A skilled Maison Law Big Fresno Fair Accident Attorney would identify every party that should contribute to your recovery. It’s an important task for victims, because the more insurance companies that may be drawn from, the better chance that victims in need get 100% of their damages covered.
What If I Signed a Waiver of Liability Before Entering the State Fair?
Visitors to the fair may have to sign a liability waiver form, but that doesn’t protect fair owners and operators from all liability. Liability forms usually protect businesses from responsibility for injuries from risks that are reasonably expected when riding herky-jerky rides or being out in the hot sun.
But when hazards go beyond the reasonable risks, the fair Board of Directors, property owners, and the State of California could still be held accountable. A Maison Law Attorney can collect proof that erases the protections a waiver of liability provides and seek everything victims need to rebuild their lives.
What Type of Compensation Can I Ask for After an Accident at the Fair?
Accidents at the Big Fresno Fair can involve heavy equipment, hazardous substances, and falls from great heights. These incidents can leave victims with traumatic injuries like head trauma, broken bones, and neck, back, and spine injuries.
Patients could require months or years of physical therapy and routine surgeries to try to return to the lives they once enjoyed. Your lawyer would total all of the damages you have endured so far and estimate the costs of care that may be needed over a lifetime.
This list of hardships would be submitted with an injury claim to the insurance provider for an at-fault party. Then your lawyer would be demanding full compensation on a fair injury settlement check:
- The totals of your hospital and physical therapy expenses. Estimates on any future care and surgeries you could require.
- The estimated costs for future medical and home care if you suffer a long-term injury or a permanent physical disability.
- Travel costs while visiting doctors and surgeons. This includes the cost of shuttle services if you can’t be on your feet or drive.
- Non-economic damages such as the physical pain and emotional trauma you endure. This includes depression, anxiety, and a loss of enjoyment of life due to your injuries.
- Past and future lost earnings while you can’t work.
- Damage or destruction of property.
- Wrongful death benefits for the families of victims. With the extremely dangerous hazards associated with fairs and fast-moving rides, victims can lose their lives. Their close relatives can ask for support for funeral costs and remaining medical bills. They should also receive help in the future when a loved one’s guidance and income may not be available.
Contact a Big Fresno Fair Injury Attorney
After a slip-and-fall accident or any injury at a California fair, be sure to discuss your case with an experienced Fresno personal injury lawyer. You should be able to focus on your recovery without worrying over the hospital bills piling up and the paychecks you’re missing while out of work.
Allow Maison Law’s Big Fresno Fair Accident Lawyers to go to work on your case to secure the most compensation possible for your recovery. Contact us today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation to find out how we can assist you. Your case review is completely confidential.
If you feel Maison Law can secure more in compensation for you, you won’t need any upfront money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the money insurers are forced to provide.
