The severity of burns is rated on a three-step scale based on how badly the burn damages skin and tissue. First-degree burns include most sunburns, but also minor scaldings from steam, such as a brief exposure to steam while cooking, or touching a hot surface briefly. These result in damage to the surface layer of skin that […]
As with any injury, if another party is at fault, under most circumstances, you can file a claim for compensation. You can sue for any injury, but you can only recover damages if you can show your injury was the result of another person’s negligence.
You certainly can, on your child’s behalf, but you still have to establish that your child’s injury was the result of another person’s negligence, just as you would if you suffered the injury yourself.
Any party who might be responsible for a burn injury can be held liable for that injury. You still must show that person’s negligent or intentional behavior resulted in the burn injury. You can potentially sue more than one party for a burn injury, including property owners, business operators, product manufacturers, and private individuals. However, […]
You should contact an attorney as soon as possible. Burn injuries can be extremely serious. The longer you wait to have an injury investigated, the more difficult it is to uncover evidence and determine fault. Burn injuries that are separate from work injuries or traffic accident injuries can require much more investigative effort to determine […]
Under Georgia law, you have two years to file a personal injury claim. It would be foolish to wait that long, however, as evidence grows stale, witnesses grow forgetful, accident scenes get cleaned up, and it simply becomes more difficult to prove a case. As with most accidents, investigating it quickly is the key to investigating […]
No matter who you believe is responsible for your burn injury, whether it is a company or an individual, the treatment of burn injuries can be extremely expensive. Severe burn injuries in particular often require skin grafts and other surgeries—sometimes repeated grafts and other surgeries—and ongoing therapy and other care that can last for months […]
The answer is no, but also yes. Most attorneys who will take an injury case work on a contingency basis—they take a percentage of the amount your settlement or award, plus expenses. An expert witness counts as an expense. While there are ways to minimize the fees that must be paid to an expert witness, […]
In general, you can recover all of your existing medical expenses as well as any future medical expenses you can establish with reasonable certainty. You also should recover lost wages for missed time at work as well as damages for pain and suffering, lost future income, or earning capacity that can be reasonably established. To […]
If we haven’t made this clear yet, yes—retain an attorney after suffering a burn injury. The more serious your burn injury, the less likely you can handle your own case. Further, you almost undoubtedly are not qualified to go head-to-head with an insurance adjuster who has handled such cases dozens of times, if not more, […]
