Parades are supposed to be a celebration of life and are filled with color, music, and excitement, and in places like New Orleans with Mardi Gras and multicultural New York City, there seems to be a parade almost every other weekend. The costumes are elaborate, the music is pumping, and the people, always happy and carefree, as one float after another glides gracefully across the streets with crowds cheering them on. That said, what’s meant to be a celebration can quickly turn into a catastrophic affair with mass casualties and even loss of life in some cases.

Parade floats tend to be elaborate and come fitted with mechanical and electrical components needed to keep them moving forward, as well as light up the float and provide it with audio. In addition, these floats have a load capacity that often gets ignored as revelers get in the zone and throw caution to the wind; as a result, a reveler that leans up against the parade float rails may suddenly find themselves on the open tarmac, having bumped their head hard because the rails gave way on account of poor or negligent float construction that was carried out without safety measures in mind or used substandard wood or metal during their construction.

Alternatively, an improperly electrically rigged float may have a live wire fall onto the crowd down below, electrocuting those who are standing near or in puddles. Even worse, an unsecured decorative element, such as a heavy wooden sign or fiberglass sign, may break loose and crash into spectators, causing severe back and head injuries.

To the untrained eye, these are unfortunate accidents; however, to our best parade float injury attorneys, these accidents are nothing but the result of someone breaching their duty of care to you, the float rider, or the spectators in an act of negligence, thereby exposing you to injuries in an unreasonable and illegal manner. To this end, if you or a loved one got injured near or on a parade float, you may be entitled to substantial compensation for your injuries when you file an injury claim – read on to find out just how our best parade injury lawyers can help facilitate this on your behalf.

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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, a 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.

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Here are some of the ways through which parade floats can lead to injuries:

1. Electrical fires and electrocution: These floats need power for sound systems, lights, animated effects, and so on; this is usually provided by on-site generators that are placed on the float. If they are improperly wired using, for example, household extension cords or are not grounded, the float may become a veritable weapon of mass destruction where anyone on the float and anyone else touching its metal railings, as well as those walking on wet pavement underneath it, may get electrocuted.
2. Falling decorative elements: Floats tend to be fitted with elaborate decorations such as massive signs, oversized character figures, and detailed floral arrangements, and should they be fastened with inadequate zip ties or fasteners, they may fall onto the spectators and cause injuries such as traumatic brain injury and even spinal cord injury, to name a few
3. Rider falls and ejections: If these platforms are ridden unfinished without, for example, guardrails, or are packed past their carrying load capacity, the lack of space or safety features can become a catastrophe waiting to happen if the music suddenly becomes energetic, or the float driver accelerates or suddenly decelerates. Falling from a moving float can lead to crush injuries, internal organ injuries, spinal fractures, and facial injuries when one falls flat on the pavement.

I Got Injured on a Parade Float – Who’ll Pay for My Injuries?

When you get injured on or around a parade float, there are various parties that may be held liable, such as the parade organizer, float owner or operator for their gross negligence with regard to operating and maintaining the float, the municipality for negligent issuance of permits, and even the equipment manufacturer if, for example the generator failed due to a design defect.

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If you or a loved one—whether a rider on a float or a spectator enjoying the parade—suffered catastrophic injuries from an electrical failure, runaway float, falling debris, or other float-related disaster, 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.