Indoor ice skating rinks promise great fun for friends and family alike, and they are open year round in some states, with refreshments, music and a convivial atmosphere on the table. From the moment you lace up, you make an assumption that the venue is both safe and supervised, and that if anything were to go wrong, the management would be by your side to help you and your loved ones out. The reality, however, is that these venues often fall into disrepair and long cycles of negligent maintenance; an unrepaired rut or gouge from a previous hockey game may catch your blade and send you flying into the hard ice, resulting in a broken leg.

In addition, lack of supervision may give chaotic elements the green light to smash into other patrons, severely injuring them. Ice impact can be quite severe, and it is not uncommon for ice rink injury victims to experience traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, loss of teeth, skull fracture and so much more. It is important to state here that while you’re asked to sign a liability waiver before you boot up, the unknown truth is that these documents may be deemed null and void in a court of law under special circumstances, something we shall discuss in this post as the nation’s premier ice skating injury law firm; read on to find out just how we can help you and your loved ones recover compensation if you were ever injured at an indoor ice skating rink as a patron.

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Are you looking for an injury lawyer? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced, countrywide personal-injury attorneys at McCready Law have combined experience spanning over 90 years where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans from all corners of the country as well as from various socioeconomic backgrounds, helping them recover money damages after getting injured on account of the negligent actions of other individuals or large corporations.

To date, we have recovered over $260 million and counting for our clients, and our success is due to a number of factors such as personally handling all claims that come into the firm and not letting paralegals or inexperienced legal assistants work on them as seen in most law firms, our commitment in making sure that we put a capable and aggressive team for each claim made of physicians, investigators as well as industry-respected experts, as well as not being afraid to litigate claims in a court of law if we believe the client deserves maximum compensation based on your injuries or the actions of the defendant.

We also work with a team of well-renowned experts in the medical, investigative, forensic, and accounting fields in order to come up with a case replete with objective evidence, medical rationale for your injuries tying them to the accident and the defendant’s negligence as well as quantifying your injuries by way of compensable damages to ensure you get the compensation you truly deserve. We run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español), and we have nationwide reach thanks to our vast and trusted network of referral attorneys. Last but not least is the fact that we take on all cases on a contingency-fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf.

Common Injuries at an Indoor Ice Skating Rink

It is important to know that when you get injured at an indoor ice skating rink, you’re most likely traveling at high speeds, as a result, and coupled with the low friction, the forces your body encounters means that the injuries are almost always catastrophic.

One of the most common injuries at an indoor ice skating rink is a head-first impact, and striking your head on solid may lead to severe intracranial hemorrhage which if not treated in a timely manner may cause swelling of the brain, and the development of a hematoma.

In addition, should one fall on their back, burst fractures of the cervical vertebrae, cervical injuries due to herpflexion or hyperextension of the neck are common, and in worse cases, severing of the spinal cord may happen, which may end in quadriplegia, or the loss of function in all four limbs and torso.

Proving Negligence for your Indoor Ice Skating Injury Case

In order to prove negligence at the skating rink and recover your compensation, the following usually needs to happen:

1. Expert scene and equipment analysis where we retain a forensic engineer as well as an ice rink operations expert who examine the specific defect or rut or the video footage of the event that caused your accident. In many cases, they will audit the rink’s Zamboni machine maintenance logs in order to prove that poor resurfacing was the proximate cause of your injuries, facilitated by mechanical failure
2. We may secure statements as well as subpoena all surveillance footage in order to understand what happened from an objective perspective what exactly happened in order to build a strong case on your behalf.

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Some of the most common damages one can recover in a successful ice skating rink injury lawsuit include things like the cost of present and future medical care, lost wages, loss of consortium, pain and suffering, punitive damages if the actions of the ice rink management are found to be exceptionally egregious, and so much more. If you or a loved one suffered a catastrophic traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or severe orthopedic trauma from a fall caused by a dangerous rut, gouge, or wet patch on an indoor ice rink’s surface, McCready Law has your back — simply give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can speak with one of our experienced and attentive injury attorneys regardless of where you are in the country. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation and nothing to sign. Thank you for choosing McCready Law; we look forward to helping you get the justice and compensation you deserve.