I don’t want to make more out of this than what it is. But I’d like some advice as to whether it makes any sense to speak to a lawyer.

A week ago I toured a skyscraper building that is open to the public for sightseeing. Admission is charged. My toddler age kids and I entered through a normal door and took an elevator to the top. Upon coming back down, the door was locked and the only option was to exit through a push button activated, powered revolving door. The kids were nervous about it, being toddlers. I got 2 through but the third had to go with me and I got my foot jammed under the door upon trying to exit and bruised my toe pretty good. It’s black and blue under the nail and I think there’s a chance the nail will fall off.

The issue here for me is that once the revolving door was actuated, it simply went at full speed with no way to stop it once inside. It was a challenge to get my little one through and out with him getting pinched. I was hurt while trying to move him through and feel this was an unsafe situation created by the building owner.

Is there any legal recourse here whatsoever? I didn’t break my toe as far as I can tell but it hurt like crazy and still does.

I spoke with the building manager by phone and she sounded empathetic but also was dismissive that anything unsafe had occurred. I had emailed them last Monday and they reviewed the security footage and she said it didn’t look like anything really happened.

Am I wasting a lawyer’s time by consulting? I understand there has to be some sort of loss to be entitled to compensation. My toe hurts like heck but I don’t know what that really amounts to.

They really do need to address the revolving door situation though. Had one of my kids been caught in the door it would have been far worse.

Any and all feedback is welcome.