Few injuries are as painful and frightening as burns. Burns also carry the highest risk of permanent scarring, including life-altering disfigurement. After suffering serious burns, it’s normal to consider all of the “what ifs?” that could have prevented such devastating injuries, but your frustration and anger are valid when your injury could have been prevented if only another party had been careless, reckless, or had taken intentionally wrongful actions that caused your injury. If this is true in your burn injury case, call GreeningLaw, P.C. today to speak to a Carrollton burn injury attorney about your rights.
Why Select GreeningLaw, P.C. as Your Carrollton Burn Injury Injury?
At GreeningLaw, P.C., our Carrollton personal injury lawyers spent over 40 years advocating for injury victims against negligent defendants and their powerful insurance companies. Our history of exceptional results puts a strong voice behind your case. At GreeningLaw:
- We prioritize your best interests throughout every step of the process
- We are committed to professional excellence and compassion, taking the time to get to know every client to better convey their story to the insurance company or in court
- You can expect open communication and honesty, so you are informed and involved with the progress of your case
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Understanding The Impacts of Burn Injuries
Specialists classify burns according to the depth of the injury through the body’s layers of skin, fat, and muscle. Burn injury victims with widespread injuries often have burns of varying degrees across the injury area.
Medical professionals classify burn severity as follows:
- First-degree burns are superficial burns that damage only the skin’s surface layer, with a dry, red appearance without blistering or scarring
- Second-degree burns are partial thickness burns that penetrate the epidermis and impact the dermis below, with redness, swelling, and blisters
- Third-degree burns are full-thickness burns that destroy all skin layers and impact fat, muscle, nerves, and bones, leaving the injured area with a charred or blackened appearance
An area of third-degree burns may not be as painful as regions of the body with lesser-degree burn injuries due to nerve destruction; however, burns that penetrate through the skin’s layers are prone to infection and scarring and may require skin grafts. Patients with third-degree burns require extensive, specialized care in burn units.
Common Causes of Burns In Carrollton Burn Injury Claims
Burns destroy the protective skin layers, exposing raw nerve endings to the air, which is why even mild burns are painful. More serious burns can be excruciating. The most common causes of negligence-related burns in Texas burn injury claims include:
- Structure fires in apartment buildings, rental homes, and hotels
- Workplace injuries
- Car accidents
- Restaurant burns
- Chemical burn injuries
- Electrical burns
- Scalds
- Defective products, like fireworks, lithium-ion batteries, and heaters
Successful burn injury claims require substantial evidence of the responsible party’s liability and a careful calculation of the victim’s total damages, such as past and future medical expenses, lost earnings, and compensation for substantial pain, suffering, emotional trauma, and permanent scarring.
Call the Carrollton Burn Injury Law Firm of GreeningLaw, P.C.
Burn injury claims require careful handling and compelling evidence. Most burn injury claims rely on proof of negligence, such as a driver’s failure to follow traffic laws or an apartment building owner’s failure to maintain smoke detectors.
Defective product burn cases don’t need evidence of negligence, but instead require evidence that the product had a design flaw, manufacturing mistake, or marketing error. Instead of navigating a complex legal process alone, call GreeningLaw, P.C. today for skilled legal representation throughout your case.