Illinois Electrocution Accident Lawyer: Best Electric Shock Attorneys
After a death by electricity or an electric shock injury in Illinois, you need an electrocution accident lawyer with decades of litigation experience in this highly specialized area of the law is essential to helping you and your family secure the compensation and money damages you need after you have been injured or you have lost a loved one.
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The Most Experienced Electrocution Accident Lawyer For Your Illinois Case
During his 35 years of practice nationwide, Jeffrey Feldman has tried more electrocution and electric shock accident cases than arguably any other personal injury attorney in the country and is the right lawyer for your case in Illinois.

Jeff has won multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in many states across the nation. In the past two years alone, he has secured a nearly $15 million settlement for electrical injuries in an industrial workplace mishap and a $13.5 million settlement for a wrongful death resulting from an electrical fire.
While every case is different, these victories for his clients are one of the compelling reasons why Jeff Feldman is the “go-to” attorney for electrical injury and death case referrals from attorneys across the country.
Jeff focuses his practice exclusively on helping people and families who have been injured in or who have lost a loved one in electrical death and electric shock cases.
Arguably, no attorney in America today has handled as many electrical injury and electrical death cases or has as much experience in this highly complex area of law as Jeff Feldman does.
Jeff has litigated and consulted in multiple cases throughout the state. He is the electrocution accident lawyer you need for your Illinois case.

Settlements And Verdicts
Jeffrey Feldman has won victories for clients across the country, including the following multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements:
- Nearly $15 million settlement for electrical injuries in an industrial workplace incident
- $13.5 million settlement for a wrongful death due to an electrical fire
- $6 million verdict on a $75,000 settlement offer involving a utility’s negligent installation and maintenance of power lines
- $4.55 million settlement where an electrical utility company’s negligence caused a communications worker’s death
Causes of Electrical Injuries
Electrical deaths and injuries can be caused by the following:

- Faulty wiring or electrical appliances
- Workplace deaths or injuries involving electricity, such as contact with power lines or faulty equipment
- Construction site mishaps involving exposed wires or inadequate safety measures
- Violations of safety protocols and regulations
- Lack of proper safety measures or training
- Negligence in maintaining electrical systems or infrastructure
- Electrical injuries or deaths involving downed power lines during storms or other natural disasters
- Contact with power lines that have fallen to the ground due to a negligently maintained electrical system and infrastructure
- Contact with sagging power lines or low-hanging power lines (i.e., wires that are still in the air, but that have become dangerously too close to the ground)
- Exposure to objects – such as ladders, conductive material and even growing vegetation – that touch an energized power line or other electricity source
- Construction site negligence involving exposed wires or inadequate safety measures
- Negligently installed or faulty pumps, lights, lamps and equipment in swimming pools, hot tubs and spas
- The absence of GFCI (ground-fault circuit interrupters) safety outlets
- Damaged, frayed, exposed or faulty wiring in home appliances including power cords, power strips, extension cords, and portable heaters
- Loretta Balotta, Former Client
- Rick Arcaro, Attorney
- Leonard Koltonow, Attorney

Can I File A Lawsuit?
In Illinois, you may be able to hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit to recover compensation and money damages after your electrocution accident. You will need to show:
- The defendant owed you a duty of care to protect you from electrical death or an electrical shock injury
- The defendant breached its duty by failing to protect you
- The defendant’s breach of its duty caused your electrical incident and your resulting injuries
When an electrical injury or death involves an electric utility company, the state Supreme Court has said that the utility company “must protect the public against danger” where “the public is likely to come into contact” with electricity.
The high court also explained that the electrical utility is “bound to know the dangers of handling electricity and to guard against such dangers by the exercise of care commensurate with them.”
An electrocution accident lawyer may also be able to bring a lawsuit under Illinois’s Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5/5-201), which allows electrical death and electric shock victims to sue a public utility for injuries or death caused by the utility’s unauthorized actions or by the utility’s failure to do what it was required to do under the Act or by the Commerce Commission.
Types Of Electrical Injuries


Symptoms Of Electrical Shock
- Seizures
- Headaches
- Chest Pain
- Muscle Pain
- Burns at Contact Point
- Difficulty Breathing
- Tingling Sensation
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Pain at Contact Point
- Confusion
- Neurological Deficits
- Memory Loss
- Muscle Contractions or Spasms
- Numbness
- Loss of Consciousness
- Vision, Speech, and Hearing Problems
Compensation Available To Victims Of Electricity
In Illinois, an electrocution accident lawyer may be able to recover compensation and damages that cover victims:

- Pain and suffering compensation
- Emotional distress
- Psychological trauma
- Mental anguish
- Loss of a normal life (temporary or permanent diminished ability to enjoy life)
- Loss of quality of life
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Shortened life expectancy
- Medical bills
- Lost wages
- Lost earnings or profits
- Caretaking expenses
- Necessary help expenses
- Transportation expenses (for traveling to and from medical appointments)
- Punitive damages

Wrongful Death Claims
If you and your family member have lost a loved one due to an incident with electricity or you suffered an electric shock injury in Illinois, you may be able to hire an electrocution accident lawyer to file a wrongful death claim for compensation and damages that cover your grief, sorrow, mental suffering and punitive damages.
State law may also allow you and other members of the deceased’s family to recover compensation and damages for the following in your wrongful death claim:
- Loss of your loved one’s financial support
- Loss of your loved one’s companionship and society
- Loss of instruction, moral training and education that your loved one would have provided to his or her children
- Hospital and medical expenses
- Funeral expenses
In Illinois, your electrocution accident lawyer may also be able to file a claim under the state’s “Survival Action” law. This allows your loved one’s estate to recover compensation for the injuries your loved one suffered before his or her death. It also allows for the recovery of economic damages – such as lost wages and medical expenses – that arose prior to your loved one’s passing.
Depending on the circumstances of your case in Illinois, recovery for a loved one’s medical expenses and funeral expenses may also be pursued by an electrocution accident lawyer under the Family Expense Statute.
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Get Help From An Experienced Illinois Electrocution Accident Lawyer
If you or someone you love is a victim of serious personal injury or death caused by electricity in Illinois, you can call now (844) 751-1889 for a free consultation with electrocution accident lawyer Jeff Feldman, arguably the nation’s most experienced electric shock injury and electrical death attorney. Jeff has litigated cases involving low hanging power lines and against utility companies in multiple states and consults with attorneys throughout the country on electric shock injury and wrongful death cases involving electricity.
Jeff has litigated electric shock injury and electrical death cases in multiple states for families whose loved ones were injured or killed by electric shock, such as faulty consumer products, negligence in the building and construction industry, downed or low-hanging overhead power cables, and defective or poorly maintained pool equipment. Jeff also consults with personal injury attorneys throughout the country on electric shock injury and wrongful death cases involving electricity. You can call Jeff toll free at (844) 751-1889 for a free consultation.
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Illinois Electrocution Accident Lawyer FAQs
It’s okay to ask questions after you’ve been injured in an electrical shock incident. It’s natural. And we encourage it. The more you know, the better you’ll be able to make informed decisions about how to proceed with your Illinois case and what an electrocution accident lawyer to hire to help you fight to get the full compensation and money damages you’re legally entitled to.
Below are our answers to the questions that electric shock victims and their families most frequently ask us.
If you have more questions or you want to talk about your Illinois electric shock case, reach out to us now for a free, no-cost, no-obligation consultation with an experienced electrocution accident lawyer.
Why Do I Need An Electrocution Accident Lawyer For My Case In Illinois?
For your Illinois electrocution accident case, you need an experienced lawyer because the power and electric utility companies will initially fight and defend these cases very aggressively. They take a “shock and awe” approach intended to intimidate and harass attorneys who do not actually have experience in electric shock injury and electrical death cases into settling their clients’ cases for less than they’re worth rather than face a long, expensive case and a trial that they’re not experienced enough to successfully handle.
The best way for you to overcome these scare tactics and get the best possible settlement for you Illinois case that reflects the true value of your case is to have an experienced electrocution accident lawyer in your corner.
Getting full and fair compensation for your pain and suffering and money damages to pay your bills and reimburse you for lost wages and future lost earnings is essential for you and your family if you’ve been the victim of an electrical shock injury.
Here is what an experienced electrocution accident lawyer can do for your case in Illinois:
- Determine all of the people, entities, businesses, companies and corporations who are liable for your injuries or your family member’s death
- Determine the amount of insurance coverage that is available to pay what’s owed to you
- Determine the amount of financial assets that the responsible parties have available to contribute to you settlement
- Identify violations of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and the National Electrical Code (NEC)
- Recruit the nation’s top experts in fields such as: (1) power infrastructure, (2) electrical engineering, (3) mechanical engineering, (4) reliability engineer, (7) the National Electric Safety Code and the National Electrical Code, (8) an economist, and (9) medicine and rehabilitation to address injuries, surgeries, and present and future medical needs
- Negotiate with the insurance companies
- Try your case to a jury if the insurance company refuses to settle for the full value of your claim
How Do I Choose The Best Electrocution Accident Lawyer For My Case In Illinois?
To choose the best Illinois electrocution accident lawyer for your case, you need to find an attorney who has these qualities:
- Real experience with electric shock injury and electrical death cases – For your case in Illinois, you want an electrocution accident lawyer who has real experience with actually litigating these cases – not someone who claims to be this type of attorney in their advertisements and commercials but has never tried a case to verdict or successfully negotiated a multi-million-dollar settlement.
- Specialization – Specialization is key. You want an attorney who specializes exclusively in helping people like you who have been injured or lost a loved one in an electrical shock incident. He or she will know the “ins and outs” of these cases, the hard-to-find statutes, rules, and regulations that will prove the responsible parties are liable, and the traps and easy-to-miss requirements that can destroy a case. You want an attorney who can honestly say “This is all I do,” not a “This is one of more than a dozen things I spread myself thin trying to do.”
- Track record of success – Does your attorney win? If you want him or her to win for you, make sure that he or she has won for other clients. Ask about the attorney’s winning verdicts and settlements? Find out the amounts and the facts of the cases.
Reputation for results in electrical cases – Your lawyer’s reputation for getting winning results in electric shock injury and electrocution accident cases will affect how the power or electric utility company chooses to defend your Illinois case. Getting prompt, full and fair compensation and damages in your settlement is more likely to be achieved when you are represented by an experienced attorney whom the power and utility company – and their attorneys and adjusters – has a reputation for winning cases before juries at trial. On the other hand, when a victim like you is represented by an attorney who only dabbles in electric shock injury cases (and has never actually litigated one of these highly specialized cases), the power and utility company will defend the case very aggressively, digging in for a long, drawn-out, and very expensive lawsuit with the hopes of wearing down both you and your attorney until you can be pressuring into accepting a “low-ball” settlement offer that is well beneath the actual value of your case.
How Much Does An Electrocution Accident Lawyer Cost In Illinois?
You don’t pay one penny in attorney fees or litigation costs unless we win your case. We won’t ask for any up-front payments. And we won’t bill you while your case is ongoing. We work on a contingency fee basis which means we only get paid at the end of your case and only if we’ve recovered a winning settlement or trial verdict for you.
Bottomline: If our electrocution accident lawyers don’t win your Illinois case for you, then you don’t pay our fee and you don’t have to repay us for our case costs.
Litigation and case costs may include the following expenses:
- Filing fees
- Court costs
- Expert witness fees
- Investigator fees
- Costs for filing and serving the complaint and subpoenas
- Deposition costs
- Medical record fees
- Copying costs
- Printing costs
- Mailing costs
How Long Does a Settlement Take?
It could take a few months or a year or more for an electrocution accident lawyer to settle your Illinois case. But your settlement could take between one and two years if the responsible party – or its insurance company – refuses to be held accountable and it becomes necessary to file a lawsuit.
In addition to whether a lawsuit is filed, there are many factors that will affect how long it takes to settle your case. They include:
- The extent and seriousness of your injuries
- Your current and future medical needs
- Your current and future ability to work
- Your attorney’s track record of success and reputation for going to trial – The insurance industry’s own research data shows that experienced attorneys are able to settle cases for 4 times as much money and faster than attorneys lacking those invaluable qualities
- The defendant and the defendant’s insurance company
- The defendant’s insurance policy limits
- The defense attorney
- The court in which the lawsuit is filed
- The judge assigned to the case
- The time it takes to file and serve the complaint to start the lawsuit
- Discovery which involves, among other things, deposing all of the parties, witnesses, and experts
- Case evaluation
- Mediation
- Facilitation
- Settlement conferences and negotiations