Serious burns brought on by preventable accidents and recklessness do more than cause scars. They change the course of a person’s life. For victims, this often means facing a long road to recovery and financial challenges.
Founded in 1997, Shook & Stone has been helping people seek justice for their injuries for decades. Our burn injury lawyer in Henderson is available to discuss your case.
Let us determine if someone else caused your injuries and is liable for your losses. Our Henderson personal injury lawyer offers free consultations to help you get answers.
Types of Burns Resulting from Personal Injuries
Our personal injury attorney handles burn injuries resulting from a wide range of accidents. Some examples of the types of burn cases we commonly see that may be due to the negligence of others include:
- Chemical burns
- Thermal burns
- Electrical burns
- Radiation burns
Burns can happen for multiple reasons, including fires and explosions. They may occur when a child reaches for a household cleaner or a car accident results in the engine catching on fire.
Other times, very hot liquids, defective products, or malfunctioning appliances cause such accidents. If any of this happened to you, seek out a consultation with our Henderson burn injury lawyer to go over your case details.
Burn Degrees Can Impact Your Case
Our burn injury lawyers have experience with burn-related injuries. While we are not doctors, we understand the complexities that go along with more severe burns, based on the degree of burn a person has. Consider the following:
- First–degree burns: These do not typically cause damage. They are unlikely to result in a personal injury claim of significant value.
- Second–degree burns: This burn enters deeper into the skin, causing damage to the layer below the outer skin. This type of burn can be painful and highly disfiguring.
- Third–degree burns: These burns go further, damaging the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. This causes serious injury and pain, often leading to the death of the skin.
- Fourth–degree burns: These are the most serious and penetrate deep into the layers of skin. This often includes damaging the muscle, bones, and nerve endings, creating permanent injury.
Depending on the degree of burn you have, you may have the right to seek financial compensation for your current and future medical needs.
Our Henderson burn injury attorney will work closely with you to uncover all aspects of your case, including any related injuries or losses you have beyond the burns.
Why You Need an Attorney in a Burn Accident Case
Burn injuries are devastating, causing an incredible impact on a person’s quality of life, ability to enjoy life, and ability to care for themselves. The problem is that insurance companies are still profit-driven companies.
They will do all they can to reduce the compensation paid to you. When you hire a burn injury lawyer, you benefit in several ways:
- We investigate all aspects of your case to determine all parties at fault. Our objective is to understand who should pay for your injuries and other losses.
- We hold the insurance company accountable. We negotiate with them, but do not allow them to bully you into reduced compensation or exposing extensive medical records.
- Our attorneys fight for maximum compensation, leveraging our extensive experience in helping burn injury victims. We help victims avoid not recovering the damages owed to them.
In every case, we provide you with the peace of mind you need. You have a long road to recovery in front of you, and we have the experience, resources, and passion to fight for you to receive fair compensation.
When you turn to us, you get hands-on support at even the worst times. Review the client testimonials from Shook & Stone today.
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Seeking Compensation for Burn Injuries in a Personal Injury Claim
Victims suffering from burn injuries due to the recklessness of others can file a claim with the at-fault party for the losses they incurred. You must demonstrate what those losses are and their value. Our attorney will do this for you, ensuring you do not miss any of the compensation owed to you.
Some of the most common burn injury claims include:
- Medical bills for immediate medical care
- Complex surgeries, treatment, and in-hospital care received
- Cosmetic procedures and other medical costs later
- In-home help and modifications to your home
- Property loss
- Loss of wages from missed time and benefits at work
- Loss of earning capacity for long-term inability to work or permanent disability
- Pain and suffering
- Chronic pain development
- Loss of quality of life
- Disfigurement
- Mental anguish and post-traumatic stress disorder
Burns are difficult to treat, carry long-term implications, and make life challenging on many fronts. Do not settle your case without an attorney by your side, fighting just for you. You can trust our legal team to always be on your side throughout this fight.
Do Not Wait to Seek Legal Action Against Those Who Hurt You
Victims of a personal injury have two years from the date of their accident to file a lawsuit against the at-fault party, according to Nevada’s statute of limitations (NRS: Chapter 11). If you wait beyond this two-year timeframe, even by a day, you cannot seek compensation for your losses. The court will not hear your case.
Instead, contact our attorneys immediately as soon as you are able to do so. Let us handle the insurance company and build your claim. Most of our cases settle out of court in the victim’s favor.
In situations where we are unable to obtain fair treatment from the insurance company, we will pursue a lawsuit. By acting early, we can be sure there is ample time to take such actions to protect your rights.
Reach out to our legal team even if you are unsure that you have a case. Learn more in our FAQs.
Set Up a Free Consultation With Our Burn Injury Attorney in Henderson
Shook & Stone built a strong reputation and long career fighting for victims suffering catastrophic injuries due to the recklessness of others.Â
Expect us to become your ally in fighting for truly fair compensation. Turn to our burn injury lawyer in Henderson for a free consultation to discuss your rights.
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