If you were injured in a recent farm accident, you have the right to name the negligent party liable for your losses and hold them responsible for your financial recovery. An experienced Milwaukee farm worker injury lawyer can help you break down the nature of your physical injuries, your right to compensation, and the tools you can use to pursue that support.
Our team of attorneys takes pride in making the legal process approachable. We’ve advocated for thousands of clients since the firm opened in 1984, and we’re ready to stand up for you. Let’s break down our farm worker injury guide so you can know your rights and protect yourself from insurers or liable parties who want to take advantage of you.
Recognizing Common Farm Worker Injuries
Working on a farm puts you at risk for several different types of injuries, some of which you might not anticipate. In this guide to farm worker injuries, we can break down the most common accidents you might find yourself involved in on a farm and how those accidents may entitle you to legal action.
The accidents that our personal injury lawyers in Milwaukee have helped victims overcome include the following:
- Overturned tractors and heavy machinery: Because tractors and other types of farming machinery are quite large and heavy, improper training or handling can put you at risk for a serious injury, including broken bones, internal bleeding, and damage to your internal organs. These accidents can also prove fatal.
- Suffocation: If you’re stuck under heavy machinery or exposed to unprotected wheat, soybean, or grain bins, you may be at risk for suffocation. Short-term suffocation can leave you with traumatic brain injuries, while long-term exposure can see family members of farmhands lose their loved ones.
- Falls: Whether you’re scaling the side of a barn or climbing into a taller-than-average tractor, you can easily find yourself at serious risk of a fall while on a farm. Unfortunately, falls can leave you with traumatic brain injuries and broken bones, potentially limiting your ability to go back to work for a while after your accident.
- Heat Exposure: Prolonged exposure to hot working conditions without ready access to ventilation, water, and rest can considerably increase your risk of dehydration, heat cramps, and heat stroke.
- Toxic Chemical Exposure: “Farmer’s lung” is an unfortunately common condition that stems from prolonged exposure to the toxic chemicals in certain pesticides. That exposure can equally see farm hands experience severe rashes and problems breathing.
- Animal-Related Accidents: If you work around any type of animal, you’re at risk for injuries that may result from that animal’s attempts to bite, kick, or trample you. These injuries may include fractured bones, infections, traumatic head injuries, and crushed limbs.
What Can You Do After a Farm Accident?
If you find yourself the victim of a farm accident, don’t panic. You can immediately connect with a Milwaukee farm accident lawyer to discuss what steps you need to take to recover from your losses. The sooner you can contact one of our attorneys, the easier it will be for you to learn more about the tools you can use to hold the right people responsible for your losses.
Most farmers have insurance designed to protect them from the financial fallout of a farm worker’s injury. Working with an attorney may allow you to file an insurance claim that an insurance adjuster can’t refute. However, insurers love to deny farm workers the coverage they need to recover from their losses.
Fortunately, collaborating with an attorney can also give you the means to file a personal injury claim against the party responsible for your losses. You don’t have to go to trial to argue for your farm worker injury damages, but you preserve the right to when filing your claim. In the meantime, your attorney can negotiate with a liable party for the support you need.
Our Milwaukee Farm Accident Lawyers Work on Contingency
Working with a lawyer doesn’t have to break the bank. When it comes time for you to hold the right people responsible for your recent farm accident losses, make sure you work with attorneys who put your needs first.
Our Milwaukee farm accident attorneys can not only provide you with a farm workers’ injury guide so you know your rights, but they can also represent you on a contingency fee basis. In other words, the attorneys with our office:
- Do not charge you for your case consultation.
- Don’t pressure you to take any specific course of legal action.
- Don’t ask for a deposit or retainer prior to taking your case.
- Will not send you bills while your case is in progress.
- Only get paid once they put a farm accident settlement in your hands.
Working with our office lets you get the legal advice you need to hold the right parties accountable for your losses without introducing more financial stress into your life.
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When Should You Contact a Milwaukee Farm Accident Lawyer?
Your first case consultation with our legal team comes free of charge and does not obligate you to take any specific type of action against the party found liable for your losses. Instead, you have the opportunity to discuss what specific instances of negligence led to your accident and what evidence you need to hold the right people accountable for your losses.
We encourage victims of farm worker injuries to reach out to our team well before Wisconsin’s personal injury statute of limitations (Wis. Stat. § 893.54(1m)) expires if they want to take legal action against a liable party. This statute allows victims and their families to take no more than three years to build a claim against a negligent party.
Our support makes it easier for victims to stay on top of their filing deadlines without sacrificing the time and resources they need to physically recover from their injuries.
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Know Your Rights After a Farm Worker Injury
Our farm worker injury guide makes it easier for victims of serious accidents, like you, to hold negligent contractors, employees, landowners, and other parties liable for their avoidable losses.
Working with an experienced farm accident attorney in Milwaukee can help you name the right party responsible for your recovery, file an insurance claim with the right provider, and defend your right to a comprehensive accident settlement.
Are you ready to discuss the logistics of your case with an award-winning legal team? You can book a free farm accident case consultation with Gruber Law Offices today. We’re ready to go to bat on your behalf.
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