Injuries Caused By Fourth Of July Fireworks

Now that school is starting again, kids will be telling their stories of summer fun to their friends.  When you think back on your adventures this summer, or especially the summer adventures of your youth, what felt like harmless fun when it was going on was more dangerous than you realize, and it is a relief that no one got injured.  You rode a zipline how high above the ground?  The bear got how close to your tent when you were camping?  The alligator in the lake behind the cabin was how big?  You jumped into the lake but probably didn’t get a brain-eating amoeba?  By the light of the school drop-off line, it seems like madness to light a sparkler and hand the end of it that isn’t on fire, at least not yet, to a child, but on the Fourth of July, it makes perfect sense.  You don’t play with explosives for 364 days out of the year, but that is exactly what Fourth of July fireworks are.  What are the legal consequences if someone gets injured while lighting fireworks or watching a firework display?  If you have been injured in a preventable accident involving fireworks, contact a Columbia premises liability lawyer.

Product Liability Claims for Defective Fireworks

People who get injured because of defective commercial products have the right to file a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer.  This includes any kind of consumer product, from medications to toys to furniture to motor vehicles, and even fireworks.  You can only prevail in your claim if you can demonstrate that you were using the product as intended.  For example, if you let your own children light sparklers in the backyard of your house while you are playing poker in the basement, and a child gets injured, the court will determine that you are at least partially at fault for letting your children light the sparklers unsupervised.  You have probably also read about the South Carolina man who died while performing a dangerous stunt with a lighted firework during a Fourth of July celebration at his home; this is not a case of product liability.

Premises Liability Claims for Injuries Arising From Firework Displays on Someone Else’s Property

Premises liability laws, which give visitors the right to seek damages if they get injured in preventable accidents on someone else’s property, protect guests who get injured at firework displays at public parks or private places of business.  If you are a guest at someone else’s home and one of the host’s fireworks injures you, you also have the right to fire a premises liability claim.

Other Negligence Claims Involving Fireworks

Handling fireworks in a dangerous way that can injure other people counts as negligence.  You can sue someone if, for example, the person intentionally set off the firework near you in order to scare or injure you, whether as a prank or an assault.

Let Us Help You Today

The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you if you got injured in a firework accident.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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