Personal Watercraft Lawyer | Serving Minnesota & Wisconsin
Personal Injury Lawyers offering free consultations concerning jet ski & personal watercraft injuries
Personal watercrafts (jet skis, Ski-Doos, etc.) have become increasingly popular over the past 10 years. In Minnesota and Wisconsin, thrill-seekers are able to savor the exhilarating fun on the area's many beautiful lakes. Unfortunately, the same qualities that make personal watercrafts enjoyable can also make them dangerous. Inexperienced riders on fast and maneuverable machines often end up with serious and sometimes fatal injuries.
Although fewer than 10% of boats used in Minnesota and Wisconsin are personal watercrafts, they account for nearly half of all boat collision accidents. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, a jet skier is almost 10 times more likely to be injured than a passenger on a boat.
What to do if you've been injured | Who is at fault?
Proper use of personal watercrafts is ultimately a shared responsibility between the manufacturer and the operator. While manufacturers cannot be held responsible for an individual's reckless behavior, they do have a duty to warn each operator and passenger of the potential, and even inherent, danger assumed by operating or riding on a personal watercraft.
If you have been injured, the first step is to have your case reviewed without cost or obligation so you can gain a better understanding of your options and determine who is at fault. Attorney Richard Schroeder has experience in recovering damages from both insurance companies and watercraft manufacturers where the warning stickers on the machine were not visible or didn't fully disclose the potential dangers involved.
Traffic patterns on waterways are dictated by rules similar to the rules we follow on our roads and highways every day. However, recovering damages based on failure to yield or right-of-way becomes much more difficult in the fluid environment of waterways. Assigning fault to another driver who might have caused or contributed to your accident requires skillful analysis of the events leading up to the accident. That is why it is important to speak with an experienced personal injury lawyer as soon as possible to begin collecting evidence, gathering eye-witness testimony, and determining whether the machine(s) involved with the accident contributed to the accident itself.
Contact attorney Richard Schroeder today to schedule a free consultation. Call the office at 877-426-8740 or send Richard an email by clicking here.
