Areas of Practice
Electrocution Accidents
The law firm of Sugarman and Sugarman represents those injured and the families of those killed in electrical accidents. The firm represents utililty, electrical and other workers and consumers injured or killed by electrocution. The firm's personal injury attorneys have prosecuted claims of this type against electric utilities, manufacturers of electrical equipment including distribution and protective equipment, manufacturers of consumer electric products and against owners of property containing hazardous electric devices and conditions.
Examples of the types of electrocution cases in which the firm has represented victims include an apartment fire caused by an electrical heater, the electrocution of utility workers by substation and power plant switch-gear, electrocutions resulting from contact with high voltage distribution wires and equipment, and electrocutions caused by faulty commercial and residential wiring.