Contact with an energized line causes severe burns and electrocution. We pursue every claim beyond workers’ comp and hold the responsible parties accountable, across Northern Virginia.
Sources: Code of Virginia § 8.01-243; Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act.
Contact with an energized overhead line is among the most catastrophic injuries a person can suffer: deep burns, internal damage, cardiac harm, and often amputation. These cases frequently happen on job sites, where workers’ comp is only part of the story, and a third-party claim may reach far more.
Electricity at the voltages carried by overhead lines is unforgiving. Contact with a ladder, a piece of equipment, scaffolding, or a vehicle can cause severe burns, internal injuries, cardiac damage, and amputation in an instant. Survivors face long, painful recoveries.
Many of these injuries happen at work, on construction sites, in landscaping, in delivery, and utility work. Workers’ compensation may apply, but it is rarely the whole answer. When a third party, a contractor, a utility, an equipment maker, or a property owner, was negligent, a separate claim may reach the full extent of your harm.
We investigate how the contact happened, who was responsible for the hazard, and what safety measures were missing, then pursue every available claim beyond workers’ comp.
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Deep thermal and internal burns from high-voltage contact.
Ladders, scaffolding, and machinery that reach a live line.
Lines placed, marked, or maintained unsafely.
Missing precautions that should have prevented contact.
The severe, lasting injuries these cases involve.
Pursuing responsible parties beyond workers’ comp.
Contractor, utility, equipment maker, or property owner. We trace the fault.
A third-party claim can reach what workers’ comp leaves out.
Burns, amputation, and cardiac damage demand full valuation.
Missing precautions and warnings often reveal the negligence.
Tell us what happened. We listen, explain the legal theory that fits, and lay out your options, at no cost.
We gather evidence, secure records, consult experts, and document the full extent of your injuries and losses.
We present a documented demand and negotiate hard, refusing the lowball offers insurers count on you to accept.
We push for a full recovery and are fully prepared to take your case to a jury if that is what justice requires.
“Power line injuries are some of the most devastating cases I see, because high voltage does not leave minor injuries, it leaves burns to the bone, internal damage, and often the loss of a limb. These almost always happen on a job site, which means workers’ comp is in play, but comp will never come close to covering this kind of harm. So I dig into who else was responsible: the contractor who did not de-energize the line, the utility that placed it unsafely, the company whose equipment made contact. That third-party claim is usually where a survivor’s real recovery lives.”
A power line injury is devastating, and workers’ comp is rarely enough. We find every responsible party and pursue every claim. Serving Northern Virginia.