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 fault.
Witness statements, reports from investigating government agencies, investigation of physical evidence at the scene—all of this requires a quick response. The accident scene will not be undisturbed for long, and witnesses who are not interviewed quickly might not have as accurate la memory of what happened.
Starting an investigation quickly matters. When you do, the evidence and the memories of witnesses are fresh. This can be critical. For example, if a defective product caused your injury, the investigation should happen before the items responsible for the burn injury are repaired. This would include potentially faulty machines or motor vehicles that might have malfunctioned because of faulty repairs or maintenance and caused the accident resulting in the burn injury. Further, the accident scene should be examined before it is cleaned up or rebuilt if the investigation is to accurately establish fault for the burn injury.
To establish fault for a burn injury, you need to identify the cause of the injury; what safety measures were in place to prevent such an injury; whether the person in control of the ability to prevent a burn injury acted negligently or willfully in failing to prevent the injury; and determining the severity of the injury suffered and the amount of damages that will be required to sufficiently recompense the victim for the injuries suffered. All of this requires quick action on the part of the victim and the victim’s representatives, including retaining an attorney.
